Meet Diego Scarparo | Movie Director & Creative Developer

We had the good fortune of connecting with Diego Scarparo and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Diego, why did you pursue a creative career?
Nasci e cresci em uma pequena cidade no interior do Brasil na década de 1980, um lugar geralmente muito conservador e, ainda assim, um berço cultural para o país na primeira metade do século XX.
Entediado, procurei histórias em quadrinhos da Marvel e da DC, séries americanas como Airwolf e Creepshow, além dos japoneses Spectreman e Gundam, e alguns filmes como Star Wars e Goonies. Eu queria muito saber como aquilo era feito e por que me afetava tanto.
Já adulto, me joguei no Brasil com os recursos que pude, fazendo videoclipes e curtas-metragens. Se já é desafiador nos EUA, que têm uma indústria poderosa, imagine no interior do Brasil. Com muito trabalho, já apresentei meus curtas-metragens em Portland e Nova York. Hoje, tenho a honra de ter meu primeiro longa-metragem, “Marble Hearts”, selecionado para o festival Angaelica em St. Seco, Pasadena, Califórnia, em outubro próximo.
“Marble Hearts” É um filme voltado para o público infantil, mas com uma reflexão sobre o amadurecimento.

Na turbulenta década de 1960 no Brasil, um grupo de crianças de uma pequena vila cresce jogando bolinhas de gude.

Espero que gostem e se divirtam.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I like telling stories. Everyone’s story fascinates me. What we do with the limited time we have while we’re alive is a question for me. Time itself is a question for me.
Cinema and video came as a way to express this, to tell stories, to tell lives within a limited number of minutes.
It wasn’t easy, remembering that Brazil doesn’t have a “career plan” or a film industry. And what we do have is reserved for large urban centers (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), where competition is very high.
I’m a generalist professional. I work on various projects, collaborating with scripts, production, direction, and when I get the funding, I make my own films as a director.
I like to pay the team a good salary, and they almost always respond very well, which makes me excited to make the next film.
What I would like you to know about my story is what I wish for so many filmmakers in the same situation: There are good professionals all over the world, telling their stories and contributing to the great art of cinema.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I dedicate this to my mother, Ângela Scarparo, who never doubted me, and to the people who believe in my work and support me, whether at work or in my personal life. I also curate festivals around the world, and I almost always get good feedback, so thank you all.

Website: https://www.diegoscarparo.com

Instagram: @dscarparo

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-scarparo-299b0973/

Image Credits
Photographer: Jonas Vaz