Noa Bressane

Director, Producer, Actor, Writer

Director Noa Bressane was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1978.

Daughter of filmmaker Júlio Bressane, she worked with the filmmaker on several films.

In O mandarim (1995), a biography of singer Mário Reis starring Fernando Eiras and with the director's very personal perspective, she is part of the cast as an actress.

She also acts as an actress in Miramar (1997), a film about the formation of a young filmmaker starring João Rebello.

Still with her father, Noa Bressane works as an assistant director on São Jerônimo (1998), a film about the desert monk in the 4th century who translates the Old Testament into Latin and later becomes a saint.

São Jerônimo received awards for Best Director, Best Actor – for Everaldo Pontes, as São Jerônimo, and Best Cinematography at the Brasília Festival in 1999.

Noa Bressane also works in television as an assistant director and co-director on series, soap operas and miniseries such as: Sítio do pica pau amarelo (2001), Um só coração (2004), A diarista (2007), Dicas de um sedutor (2008), Passione (2010), O astro (2011), Gabriela (2012).

Her debut as a feature film director was Belair (2009), which she directed alongside Bruno Safadi.

Belair is a documentary about the cinematographic universe of filmmakers Júlio Bressane and Rogério Sganzerla and the films they produced and directed in 1970 through their production company, Belair - such as Barão Olavo, o horrid, by Bressane, and Copacabana mon amour, by Sganzerla.

Known For

  • The Cleaning Lady
    The Cleaning Lady4 seasons
  • Where My Heart Is
    Where My Heart Is10 episodes
  • Second Chance
    Second Chance1 season
  • Young Hearts
    Young Hearts27 seasons
  • Days of Nietzsche in Turin
    Days of Nietzsche in Turin2001
  • Crazy About You
    Crazy About You1 season
  • All the Flowers
    All the Flowers1 season
  • Passione
    Passione1 season
  • Pantanal
    Pantanal1 season
  • The Big Catch
    The Big Catch1 season
  • Gabriela
    Gabriela1 season
  • Blood Red: Under the Moonlight
    Blood Red: Under the Moonlight2 seasons
  • A Mother's Love
    A Mother's Love1 season
  • Total Dreamer
    Total Dreamer1 season
  • Rock Story
    Rock Story1 season
  • Three Graces
    Three Graces1 season
  • Reincarnate
    Reincarnate1 season
  • Belair
    Belair2011
  • The Illusionist
    The Illusionist1 season

Filmography

1973
Fantástico · as Self

2011

2025
Espécie Invasora · as Co-Director
2010
Passione · as Assistant Director
2007
Dicas de um Sedutor · as Assistant Director
2004
The Charwoman · as Assistant Director
2001
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (2001) · as Assistant Director
2001