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Cris Lyra
Cris Lyra is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has worked as a cinematographer on short films, TV series, and four feature films: Chão (Landless) b…
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Cris Lyra is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has worked as a cinematographer on short films, TV series, and four feature films: Chão (Landless) by Camila Freitas, which premiered at the 69th Berlinale (2019); Lembro Mais Dos Corvos (I Remember the Crows) by Gustavo Vinagre, winner of Best Film at the 40th Cinéma du Réel (2018) and IndieLisboa (2018); and Para'I by Vinicius Toro, screened at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (2018), FICG (Guadalajara), and Cartagena (in competition). In 2015, she directed Um Homem Satisfeito (A Happy Man) with Bruno Cucio. Quebramar (2019) is her second short film; it won awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad, including Best Documentary at Clermont-Ferrand in 2020.
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2026
The Gentle Ghosts
Movie Director of Photography
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2024
Senhoritas
Movie Director of Photography
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2024
Cidade; Campo
Movie Director of Photography
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2022
Like the First Time
Movie Director
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2022
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
Movie Director of Photography
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2021
Alice dos Anjos
Movie Director of Photography
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2021
Abominável
Movie Screenplay
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2021
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here
Movie Director of Photography
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2020
Hear Me
Movie
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2019
Between
Movie Cinematography
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2019
Resplendor
Movie Cinematography
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2019
Landless
Movie Director of Photography
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2019
Breakwater
Movie Director
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2018
Tea for Two
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
Para'í
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
I Remember the Crows
Movie Director of Photography
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2017
Sweet Heart
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2015
Who Killed Eloá?
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