Emilia Mello
Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies
Emilia Mello is an Brazilian-American filmmaker, artist and scholar based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her first feature documentary, SEM DEUS, SEM DEMÔNIO (No Kings), premiered at CPH:DOX in 2020 and played at the True/False Film Festival 2021 and MoMA Doc Fortnight 2022 among others. She has a BS from Columbia University in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has received support from the Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Documentary Film Program, IDFA Bertha Fund, Logan Nonfiction Program, DOCSP, and Visions du Réel, among others.