Biography
Tomas Portella is a Brazilian film director.
Complete Filmography
Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll
2024
Director
The film tells the story of Luiz Antônio, a clumsy radio host, who unexpectedly finds himself in charge of a bankrupt radio station. Relying only on h...
Overhaul
2023
Director
When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.
La Situación
2023
Director
A woman inherits a farm left by her grandmother in Argentina only to discover that it is a cocaine production farm.
4x100: Running for a Dream
2021
Director, Writer
The women's athletics (4x100m relay) is about to win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian victory is almost certain and the athletes ...
Love Stories
2016
Director
Eduardo discovers he has a split personality: a buttoned-up São Paulo executive and beach-loving weekend playboy in Rio de Janeiro called Duca. Uncons...
Operações Especiais
2015
Director, Writer, Co-Producer
In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.
Isolados
2014
Director, Associate Producer, Story
A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner th...
Giovanni Improtta
2013
Co-Director
Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He i...
Kings & Rats
2012
Editor
In Rio de Janeiro in 1963, the story of several characters is intertwined in the midst of the political scenario of the time. One of them is Troy, a C...
Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata
2011
Director
Tati likes Marcelo who likes to date many girls. Sincere (at times even too sincere), Tati demonstrates her love, but ends up only pushing Marcelo awa...
Adrift
2009
First Assistant Director
A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.
My Name Ain't Johnny
2008
Assistant Director
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the ea...
Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure
2004
First Assistant Director
The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to...
Overman: O Filme
N/A
Writer, Director
An unemployed hero on the verge of an emotional and financial collapse, searches with all his strength for a purpose in life. When he receives an offe...
O Cobrador de Fraque
N/A
Director