Rodrigo Aragão
- Director
- Writer
- Make-Up Department
Born and raised on January of 1977, Aragão started shooting his films
in Guarapari, a small town located in Espirito Santo, Brazil. His
father was a magician as well as a cinema owner, he was created around
the world of tricks and makeup.The snap of that could be his future
came early. When he was seven he watched a documentary film about "The
Empire strikes back". Everything he liked was there: movies and special
effects, even though he hadn't had a glance about what that meant. It
was the eighties, when "Evil Dead" was released, a cult classic film
that ended up (un) doing his mind. Then he passed a period doing
courses and workshops that made him think he was ready to make his own
movies. He began in 1994, working as special make-up artist for the
short film "The Legend of Proitner", followed by "Vampicide" (1996),
another short film, nowadays obscure. His debut as a director happened
in the theater, with the horror play "Mausoleum", playing from
2000-2003. Later on, he directed his own projects, with "Chupa Cabras",
"Rotten Fish" and "Rotten Fish II", all short movies, and "Mud Zombies"
(2008).
