Thomas Stavros is a Brazilian screenwriter, actor and film producer.
Biography
Stavros began his career writing, directing and producing for the theater. In his first play in 2001 – Clube Privê – A Comedy in the Foolish 70's – was a box office record at :pt:Teatro Bibi Ferreira|Bibi Ferreira Theater. Bravo called it one of the 10 best comedies in the country. His last play was the musical ', written in 2016 in partnership with Silvio Guindane, receiving 11 nominations for the Quimera Theater Award, earning 6, among them Best Play and Best Author. He founded Produção Carioca, where he signed the creation and direction of dozens institutional movies. He also created a content factory, where he began to develop his audiovisual projects for cinema and television shows and series. In the cinema´s industry, began acquiring the rights of the biography of the world champion Eder Jofre for the movie ',. His first project as Showrunner – where he is creator, screenwriter and producer, produced by Globo Filmes, in partnership with Tambellini Filmes, directed by José Alvarenga Jr. It premiered on September 27, 2018. On August 25, 2018 the film was awarded by 2 Kikitos at the Gramado Film Festival. The best actor for Osmar Prado, and the best supporting actor for Ricardo Gelli. In January 2019, ' debuts in a 4-episode miniseries format on TV Globo and closes with a record audience. He also collaborated with by . In 2016 he wrote the movie ', directed by Marcelo Antunez, which opened in 2017, hitting the national box office record of the same year. He also wrote the feature ',, directed by Juan Zapata, which will be filmed in Los Angeles in 2021. For TV, he began as one of the writers of the hit series ', produced by Mariza Leão and directed by José Joffily for Multishow, beating audience record. He also wrote :pt:Sem Volta|Sem Volta, the first action and adventure series in Brazil, a super production of Record, in partnership with Gustavo Lipsztein. In 2015, he creates the TV series, where he is also the screenwriter, produced by Conspiração Filmes for Fox Brazil and Latin America, directed by Breno Silveira. It was considered by the media as the Brazilian Breaking Bad. The 1st season of 1 Against All in 2016 increased the channel's audience by 74%, and was nominated for the Golden Nymph Award and the ABRA Screenplay Award. In 2017 was nominated as the best series by the APCA. The protagonist Julio Andrade was nominated for the International Emmy for his performance in the series. The second season premiered in 2017 with great success, and was nominated for best drama series to the International Emmy 2018. Season 3 premiered in 2018, becoming the Brazilian most watched TV series. and was also nominated for best drama series at the International Emmy 2019. Season 4 opens in March 2020. And after so much success in Latin America, the series will have a remake produced in Mexico, entirely in Spanish. Currently develops 2 more series for streaming and the feature "Malandragem uma um Tempo", based on the biography of singer Bezerra da Silva.
