GUALTER Pupo
Starting his career as a production designer to some of the industry's biggest and brightest in Brazil, Sao Paulo native Gualter developed award-winning projects across the artistic spectrum.
These include films, commercials, animation, post production, music videos, theater, concerts, and graphic design. Gualter then had the opportunity to evolve with digital technology by serving as an Art Director for a post production facility for two and half years. It was there that he
became heavily involved in 2D/3D animation, plate design, motion graphics, and composition effects.
In 2003, Gualter began working with Hungry Man co-founder and director Bryan Buckley. The relationship generated a number of successful campaigns, such as Archer’s “Acqua” (3 Cannes Silver Lions), Mini Cooper “Counterfeit” (Cannes Gold Lions, Gold Titanium, D&AD, Clio, One Show), Burger King’s “Whopperettes” (3 Cannes Silver Lions, D&AD, Clio), which also awarded Gualter for best Production Design at AICP in 2007. That same year, he took the natural next step to solo direct his first commercial campaign and has continued creating outstanding work.
Gualter’s signature directorial style involves a strong link between art direction, post production, performance, and of course, humor. In addition to working on projects with some of the world’s biggest brands, Gualter’s narrative work includes the Hungry Man TV web series’ Strange Detective Tales, based on the comic book by Jesse Bausch and James Callahan. The animated series tells the story of two former monster sidekicks working as private investigators in Los Angeles during the late 1950s. Gualter’s other series work began in 2016, creating and directing Terminadores (Dumpers), for TV channel Band, cable channel TNT, and Netflix. It’s a comedy about an office that finishes personal relationships for clients who don’t know how to handle it by themselves. Between 2017 and 2018, he directed all 40 episodes of Procurando Casseta & Planeta, a comedy series for cable channel MultiShow. Between 2019 and 2020, he co- produced 10 episodes each of Arcanjo Renegado and A Divisão for Globoplay. His latest includes serving as co-head showrunner with JC Feyer of an 8-episode streaming drama and producing episodes of the hit children’s show Seis na Ilha for TV Brasil, which concluded its run in early 2023.