Marcelo Caetano (born 1982) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter,Boris Bastide, "Dans le viseur de Marcelo Caetano, réalisateur de « Baby », le collectif décliné en tous genres". Le Monde, March 22, 2025. whose debut feature film Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) was released in 2017.Jay Weissberg, "Film Review: ‘Body Electric’". Variety, February 11, 2017.
Career Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, he moved to São Paulo in the early 2000s."Poster and first clip for Cannes Critics' Week entry Baby". Cineuropa, May 13, 2024. He worked in film as a casting director, an assistant director and a contributing screenwriter on various films,Leo Barraclough, "Marcelo Caetano’s ‘Baby’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Cannes Premiere". Variety, May 6, 2024. and directed a number of short films, prior to Body Electric, which premiered in the Bright Future competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017.
His second feature film, Baby, premiered in the Critics Week program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.Elsa Keslassy, "Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2024 Lineup". Variety, April 15, 2024.
Personal life He is openly gay.
Filmography A Tal Guerreira - 2008 Bailão - 2009 By Your Side (Na Sua Companhia) - 2011 Verona - 2013 Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) - 2017 Baby - 2024
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