Thaïs Castrale

Thaïs was born in Brazil to a family of immigrants passionate about movies. She was presented to European cinema at an early age, which ultimately inspired her to give up on her parents’’ career and drop out of medical school to pursue filmmaking. During film school her curiosity for photography led her to a job at the Headquarters of Leica Camera in Brazil. She became a sales manager, and the steady position gave her the incentive to shoot independent projects - mostly shorts on 16mm and 35mm film. The artists and technicians she met encouraged her to consider cinematography as a career, and, finally, seek formal education at the American Film Institute.