Tiago Arakilian

Tiago Arakilian has been working as a movie director, dop, editor and post-production supervisor for more than 20 years. He has also produced hundred of commercials, institutional video projects and feature films. In 2004, he moved to France and graduated in Film at the Université Paris 8. Back in Brazil, he founded Titânio Produções, a post-production company, which participated in several high quality movie projects, such as documentaries, like "Devoção" by Sérgio Sanz; "Waste Land" by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley (Academy Award's nominee for Best Documentary Feature in 2011), among others. Also, in the feature films: "A Falta que Nos Move" by Cristiane Jatahy, "Malu de Bicicleta" by Flávio Tambellini; and others. In 2013, Tiago Arakilian released, as a producer, the comedy "Mato sem Cachorro", that got more than 1 million viewers. His last documentary film on Brazilian architecture, "The Roberto Brothers", was released in the main Documentary Film Festival of Brazil, "É Tudo Verdade", and was screened at the Première Brasil at Rio's Film Festival in 2012. The movie was purchased by Canal Brasil and is being broadcasted since April 2014, and is also available at Amazon.com. "Before I Forget" is Tiago's first feature film as a creator and director (Fox/Disney/Globo Filmes/Imagem). It was premiered in the US at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, Cinequest Festival, 41a São Paulo International Film Festival and more than 30 others international film festivals. In 2019, Tiago directed an episode of the Chinese series KIDS and GLORY. Also he has been directing the documentary series EXPATS, about incredible stories of immigrants, the series has the first season in Paris and now Tiago is currently living and shooting the second season in New York. In the middle time he directed the documentary "Inhotim From Within" and the documentary series "Brazilian Beats" in 2022.