Vicente Amorim
director/producer/writer
Vicente Amorim has directed ten TV series and ten feature films, working with actors such as Wagner Moura, Viggo Mortensen, Giancarlo Giannini, Harvey Keitel, Emily Mortimer, Vincent Cassel, and Gabriel Leone. His work spans biopics, thrillers, action, dark comedies, and character-driven dramas.
Described by Variety as a “rising star,” Amorim was the creator, showrunner, and director of Senna — Netflix’s biggest and most ambitious series ever in Latin America and the streamer's #1 show when it aired. The series was nominated for Best International Series at the Critics Choice Awards, won the APCA Award for Best Series, and earned the Platino Award for Best Series Creator. Senna followed Santo (Netflix Spain), the country’s biggest television production of 2022.
Amorim recently directed two episodes of Netflix US’s upcoming thriller Man on Fire and currently serves as executive producer and lead director of Netflix’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made. He was also showrunner of Beyond the Bridge for HBO Brazil.
His latest feature, Yakuza Princess, starring Masumi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, reached #1 on Netflix Brazil and #5 globally among English-language films. His previous film Motorrad, a motorcycle slasher that became a cult favorite, was the only Brazilian feature in the official selection of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Amorim’s previous features include Good (with Viggo Mortensen), an “ethical thriller” set in pre-war Germany; the historical samurai drama Dirty Hearts; and the acclaimed coming-of-age film The Middle of the World (with Wagner Moura). His films have screened at major festivals including Toronto, San Sebastián, Havana, Rotterdam, MoMA/New York, Chicago, and Berlin.
On television, Amorim was showrunner and director of the crime thriller The Division, set during Rio de Janeiro’s wave of kidnappings in the late 1990s. The series became a major hit on Globoplay and was nominated by Brazil’s leading critics’ association for Best Series, Director, and Actor. Its feature version received eight nominations from the Brazilian Academy, including Best Film and Best Director — part of Amorim’s more than 25 nominations from the Academy.
His additional TV credits include the female-driven dark-comedy anthology As Canalhas (GNT) and the neo-noir Espinosa, based on a classic of Brazilian crime literature.
The son of a diplomat, Amorim grew up around the world and speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Anne Pinheiro Guimarães, and their two daughters.
Education: Economics (UFRJ) and Film (UFF)
