Diego Lopes
work
theatrically
& produced
selections
Brazil · Europe
Twenty years of shorts, animation, documentary and television — then a feature that premiered at Cairo and opened in Brazilian cinemas.
Diego Lopes is a Brazilian filmmaker and producer. He founded Oger Sepol in Curitiba in 2005 and has been based in Munich since 2023, working across Portuguese, English and German-speaking markets.
He trained in Communication at Universidade Positivo and completed the Immersion Filmmaking Program at the Los Angeles Film School, with honours. He writes, directs and produces — and has run a production company through every stage of the Brazilian financing system, from municipal grants to FSA, ANCINE and BRDE.
Alongside the film work, he led V-Canvas, a studio applying virtual production, VR and AI to audiovisual, education and corporate work. That capability now sits inside his productions rather than beside them — it is how a 10-episode series got made on a limited budget in 2024.
The calling card.
Lamento
2019 · 105 min · Portuguese · Theatrical release August 2021
A man tormented by his inner demons finds himself trapped in a decaying hotel where reality and delirium merge, revealing the deepest layers of human solitude.
- Roles
- Writer · Director · Producer
- Co-directed
- Claudio Bitencourt
- Cast
- Marco Ricca · Thaila Ayala · Veronica Rodrigues · Ilva Niño · Otávio Linhares
- Festivals
- 41st Cairo International · 50th Nashville · 52nd Brasília · 19th Kansas International · 37th Bogocine · 11th FESTin · Katra Film Series · Inffinito · Cinema da Lapa
Everything, with the role and where it played.
The cinema and television titles, with role, format and festival route. Outside this list sit two decades of work for the web and open TV.
| Year | Title | Role | Format | Selections & notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tesouro Karioka | Author | Novel | In advanced negotiation for publication | |
| 2024 | Manual de Sobrevivência da Literatura Brasileira | Director | Series · 10×30′ | Premiered on TV Brasil, June 2024 · shot with virtual production | |
| 2020 | Isabela | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 20′ | Tirana · 18th Bogoshorts · Macau Int'l 2021 · Carmel Int'l · Noia 2021 · FicViña 2021 · 25 Inffinito | Watch ↗ |
| 2019 | Lamento | Writer · Director · Producer | Feature · 105′ | Cairo Int'l · Nashville · Brasília · Kansas Int'l · Bogocine · FESTin · Katra · Lapa · 6 awards | Trailer ↗ |
| 2015 | Animanáuticos | Director · Producer | Animation · 13′ | 13 festivals · Santa Fe · FICI 2015 · Anima-São · CMS Int'l Children's 2016 | |
| 2015 | O Significador de Insignificâncias | Director · Producer | Animation | Watch ↗ | |
| 2014 | Dona Miroca e Seu Cuco Caduco | Writer · Director · Producer | Animation · 13′ | Finalist, Grande Prêmio Brasileiro de Cinema 2015 · 13 festivals · TV Brasil | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | Menina Bonita do Laço de Fita | Writer · Director · Producer | Animation · 7′ | Ziraldo adaptation · 12 festivals · Chicago · Montpellier · Bogotá | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | Cadente | Director · Producer | Short · 12′ | 6 festivals · screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | Intangível | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 13′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | A Sombra | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 10′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | O Jogo | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 7′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2013 | Punch TV | Director · Producer | Series · 13×30′ | Developed and aired on Comedy Central Brasil | |
| 2013 | O Retrato da Lua | Director · Producer | Short · 10′ | Best Children's Film — 17th FAM Mercosur · 8 festivals · San Diego · Lahore | Watch ↗ |
| 2013 | Súbito | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 12′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2013 | A Pipoca Intergaláctica | Director · Producer | Animation | ||
| 2012 | Coisa do Destino | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 9′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2012 | Os Xetás | Director | Documentary | On the Xetá people, one of Brazil's most endangered indigenous groups | |
| 2011 | Astolfo | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 10′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2011 | Margarita | Director · Producer | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2010 | O Rio e Eu | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 23′ | Short Film Corner — Festival de Cannes 2011 · LA Brazilian FF · Cine-PE · 8 festivals | Watch ↗ |
| 2010 | Trem da Meia Noite | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 10′ | Screened on RPC TV (Globo PR) | Watch ↗ |
| 2010 | Comicozinho | Writer · Director · Producer | Web series | 140+ original videos · 6M+ views · running since 2010 | Watch ↗ |
| 2008 | O Menino Quadradinho | Writer · Director · Producer | Short · 15′ | 49th Krakow FF · 5th LA Int'l Children's FF · CineBH · Ouro Preto · 8 festivals | Watch ↗ |
Where the work was done.
Oger Sepol Produções
Founder · CCO · Executive Producer · Writer
Founded and runs the company in Curitiba. Leads development from concept to delivery, oversees budgets and financing, and has executive-produced television series, feature films and campaigns. Clients include Viacom, Netflix, RPC (Globo PR), Klabin and Itaipu.
V-Canvas
Creative Director · Executive
Built and led a studio applying virtual production, VR and AI to the audiovisual, education and corporate markets in Brazil. Developed AI-focused training for the industry and advised companies integrating these technologies.
Centro Europeu
Course Director — Digital Media, Game Development, Digital Film
Created and ran the academic programmes for three courses over a decade, with technical and academic supervision, teaching and public speaking.
Los Angeles Film School
Immersion Filmmaking Program — with honours
Universidade Positivo
BA Communication
What he brings to a project.
The story first
Credited writer on fourteen of the titles below. Projects start on the page and only leave it once the story stands up.
Twenty years of production in Brazil
Knows the financing system from the inside — FSA, ANCINE, BRDE, state incentives — and has delivered inside it, from short films to a ten-episode series.
A reference in production technology
Directed ten episodes for TV Brasil in virtual production, and spent five years at V-Canvas building and teaching applied AI and virtual production for the industry.
Between two markets
Brazilian producer, resident in Germany since 2023. Works in Portuguese, English and German, across both financing systems.