Ricardo Tiezzi is a writer and professor. He is the creator of the “SANTO MALDITO” series on Star+. He wrote the feature film Qualquer Gato Vira Lata and was also one of the screenwriters of Outro Lado do Paraíso, winner of the Audience Award at the 2015 Gramado Film Festival and Best Film and Best Student Jury Award at the Latin American Film Festival of Trieste. In television, he has written for four seasons of Malhação (TV Globo), with the most recent nominated for the International Emmy Kids Award. His writing credits include Temporada de Verão (Netflix), Julie e os Fantasmas (Band/Nickelodeon) – winner of the APCA Award and nominated for an International Emmy – Agora Sim (Mixer/Sony), nominated for Best Series by APCA, A Vida de Rafinha Bastos (Fox), Mothern (GNT), Mano a Mano (Rede TV), and the Christmas TV special Amor ao Quadrado (TV Globo). He was a screenwriter for the animated series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Globo) and the telenovela Floribella (Band). As an educator, he teaches screenwriting workshops at Roteiraria and is a professor in the graduate program in Screenwriting for Film and Television at FAAP. He holds a Master’s degree in Cinema, Philosophy, and Religion from PUC-SP and is currently pursuing a PhD in Literature and Literary Criticism. Tiezzi has published short stories on Kindle (Gordo Gato, Café na Estação, A Vida que Esqueci), a book of chronicles (O Primo de Deus), the crime novel O Sorriso da Morte, and the recently released novel Objetos na Penumbra.
Profession
- Screenwriter
Filmography
- “SANTO MALDITO” (2023) – Series. Star+. Season 1.
- “TEMPORADA DE VERÃO” (2022) – Series. Netflix. Season 1.
- “MALHAÇÃO” (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018) – Teen drama series. TV Globo.
- “AMOR AO QUADRADO” (2016) – TV special. TV Globo.
- “SUPERPAI” (2014) – Feature film.
- “OUTRO LADO DO PARAÍSO” (2014) – Feature film.
- “A VIDA DE RAFINHA BASTOS” (2013) – Series. Fox. Season 1.
- “AGORA SIM” (2013) – Series. Mixer/Sony. Season 1.
- “PERIPATÉTICO” (2013) – Series. TV Cultura. Season 1.
- “SÍTIO DO PICAPAU AMARELO” – Animated Series (2012) – Series. TV Globo. Season 1.
- “JULIE E OS FANTASMAS” (2011) – Series. Band/Nickelodeon. Season 1.
- “QUALQUER GATO VIRA LATA” (2011) – Feature film.
- “3%“ (2011) – Series. TV Brasil. Script consultant (Season 1).
- “TAINÁ 3” (2011) – Feature film. Script consultant.
- “SAPOR D’ITALIA” (2011) – Series. RGB/Globo. Script consultant (Season 1).
- “MOTHERN” (2006, 2009) – Series. GNT. Season 2.
- “FLORIBELLA” (2006) – Telenovela. Band. Season 2.
- “MANO A MANO” (2005) – Series. Rede TV. Season 1.
Teaching and Consulting
- Ricardo Tiezzi is a script consultant, educator, and lead writer for the Apro/Sebrae national training program for small and mid-sized production companies. He teaches audiovisual storytelling workshops at Roteiraria and has previously taught semester-long courses at Centro Cultural b_arco and the International Film Academy (AIC). He is a professor in the graduate programs in Screenwriting for Film and TV and Creative Writing at FAAP. He has also delivered storytelling training sessions for companies such as AlmapBBDO and Editora Globo.