Cecilia Carvalhal CV
+1 (207) 974-9755
ce.carvalhal@gmail.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6452594/
Education
2025 - 2029 Ph.D Interdisciplinary (in progress), University of Maine, Orono, ME
2025 MFA in Intermedia, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2009 BA in Performing Arts, Major in Theatre Directing, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant
2025-2026 Teaching Assistant, New Media Program, University of Maine
Graduate Assistant
2022 - 2025 Graduate Assistant, School of Performing Arts – Costume Shop, University of Maine
Director of Photography
2025
Director of Photography, Drowning in Air – Short Film, Writer & Producer: Emily Voight, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Film Assistant Director
2021
First Assistant Director, September Mornings (Season Two), Amazon Prime Video — Director: Luís Pinheiros, O2 Filmes
Second Assistant Director, The President (Season Two), Amazon Prime Video – Director: Armando Bo, Gaumont & Salado Media
2020
Second Assistant Director, Uncoupled in Rio, Amazon Prime Video – Director: Anne Guimarães, FJ Productions
Second Assistant Director, Fervo, Star Original Production – Director: Felipe Joffily, Movie & Art Productions
2019
Second Assistant Director, Invisible City (Season One), Netflix – Director: Carlos Saldanha, Prodigo Films
Second Assistant Director, Alemão 2 – Feature Film, Director: José Eduardo Belmonte, RT Features
2018
Second Assistant Director, The Mechanism (Seasons One & Two), Netflix – Directors: José Padilha, Marcos Prado, Daniel Rezende, Zazen Produções
Second Assistant Director, Macabre – Feature Film, Director: Marcos Prado, Zazen Produções
Second Assistant Director, Os Suburbanos (Season Two), Multishow – Director: Luciano Sabino, Hungry Man
2017
Third Assistant Director, Duas de Mim – Feature Film, Director: Cininha de Paula, Migdal Filmes
2016
First Assistant Director, Que Marravilha, GNT – Cooking Show, Director: Snir Wein, Zola
Second Assistant Director, The Payback – TV Series, Director: Hugo de Souza, Plural Entertainment & Urca Films
2015
Script Supervisor, Bela Cozinha, GNT – Cooking Show, Director: Pedro Waddington, Conspiração Filmes
Third Assistant Director, As Canalhas (Season Two), GNT – TV Series, Director: Vicente Amorim, Migdal Filmes
2014
Third Assistant Director, Bach in Brazil – Feature Film, Director: Ansgar Ahlers, Conspiração Filmes & NFP
Second Assistant Director (Second Unit), Trash – Feature Film, Director: Stephen Daldry, Universal Pictures, O2 Filmes & Working Title Films
2013
Third Assistant Director, The Miracles of Jesus, Record – TV Series, Directors: João Camargo, Regis Faria & Caetano Caruso
Third Assistant Director, Destino Rio de Janeiro, HBO Max – TV Series, Directors: Fábio Mendonça & César Charlone, O2 Filmes
Director of Unit, Mundo Sem Mulheres, BBC – Reality Show, Director: Paschoal Samora, Conspiração Filmes
2012
Second Assistant Director, Nise: The Heart of Madness – Feature Film, Director: Roberto Berliner, TV Zero
Exhibitions
2025
I AM, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Visions, Video Mapping Projection Exhibition, Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME
Creative Collision, Performance Exhibition, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2024
A Work of Light and Shadows, Group Exhibition with Intermedia MFA, Fort Knox, Bucksport, ME
There Is No Us Without U, Group Exhibition, Center for Artistic Activism, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Threads: Interweaving Multiple Feminisms, Group Exhibition, Rockland, ME
Site / Non-Site, Group Exhibition, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Technical Skills
Video & Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve
Photography & Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Projection & Interactive Media: Millumin, Isadora
Production & Scheduling: Movie Magic Scheduling
Screenwriting & Script Development: Final Draft
Operating Systems & Digital Tools: macOS, Microsoft Windows
Web & Digital Skills: WordPress, Squarespace (blogging & website management)
Photography & Camera Operation: Digital photography, exposure, composition; intermediate proficiency with DSLR cameras
Workshops
2015 How to Turn Ideas into Projects, ESPM & SEBRAE, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2012 Movie Magic Scheduling, International Cinema & TV Academy, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2011 Light, Vision, and Cinematographic Representation, O Barco Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Foreign Languages
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese (spoken and written)