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Marcelo Alves

Film Director & Video Editor

€750/day
Düsseldorf, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Marcelo

I help brands, agencies and production companies turn ideas into high-impact films and visual stories.

I am a freelance Film Director & Editor with 10+ years of experience creating commercials, branded content, documentary-driven stories and still imagery across Europe and South America.

I have directed, shot, and edited projects for clients such as Nike, Adidas, Porsche, Henkel, Havas, and Freeletics, leading productions from lean crews to full commercial sets. My strength is combining creative sensitivity with technical precision, moving seamlessly between storytelling, camera, and post-production that extend campaigns across print, social, and digital.

I typically handle:
• Commercials and branded films
• Social and digital campaigns
• Documentary and human-centered stories
• End-to-end productions (direction, DoP, editing, color workflow)
• Fast, high-quality content for agencies and in-house teams

If you need a director who understands both the creative vision and the execution, and can take a project from pitch to delivery with reliability and craft across both motion and stills, I’m ready to collaborate.
  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • German

    Basic

Can work on-site
Düsseldorf (up to 30km), Berlin (up to 10km), Amsterdam (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Freelance Film Director, DoP, Film Editor and Stills Photographer
    Film Director / DoP / Film Editor / Stills Photographer
    January 2021 - February 2026 (5 years and 1 month)
    I’ve been working as a freelance Film Director, DoP, Film Editor, and Stills Photographer collaborating with production companies and brands like Nike, Adidas, Porsche, Henkel, among others.
    Filming Photography Storytelling Adobe Premiere Video editing
  • Havas Germany
    Content Film Director & Senior Video Editor
    February 2018 - December 2020 (2 years and 10 months)
    Düsseldorf, Germany
    At Havas, I was their Content Film Director & Senior Video Editor, directing films for clients including C&A, Vorwerk, and Huawei. Also helping with pitches and internal videos.
  • Freeletics
    Content Film Director & Senior Video Editor
    June 2016 - January 2018 (1 year and 7 months)
    Munich, Germany
    At Freeletics, I directed, edited, DoPed, and produced a wide range of content, from social media posts to TVCs and Branded Content campaigns.

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Education

  • Bachelor in Social Communications
    PUCRS
    2014
    Bachelor in Social Communications

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