David Schurmann

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David Schurmann
David Schurmann 2020 - Selfportrait.jpg
David Schurmann 2020
Born (1974-04-13) April 13, 1974 (age 47)
Florianópolis, Brazil
Education
OccupationFilm director, Film producer, screenwriter, Explorer, Speaker & CEO
Years active1992–present
Spouse(s)
Dionne Webster
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(m. 1994; div. 1997)​
Gabriela Tocchio dos Santos
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(m. 2003; div. 2012)​
Children1, son
Parents
  • Vilfredo Schurmann (father)
  • Heloisa Schurmann (mother)
Awards
Websitewww.schurmannfilmes.com.br

David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author, speaker, CEO and public figure.

Career[]

Known for Little Secret Brazil's 2017 official Oscar entry, Schurmann first showed a passion for film making at the age of 13, when he started filming the adventures during the Schurmann Family first circumnavigation of the world. He received his formal education in Cinema & Television in New Zealand. He subsequently completed his education in the United States. He has worked internationally, directing and producing motion picture films, television shows and documentaries films.

As the producer/director/cinematographer of the Schurmann family adventures, he has filmed around the world, especially during the Magellan Global Adventure (1997–2000).

In 2007, Schurmann released his first motion picture film, The World Twice Around, a documentary that won two awards in the Recife Film Festival in Brazil, for Best Film according to the public and Best Sound Editing. It also took the award for best film in the CineBrasil Film Festival Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy) and New York City (USA).

In 2011 he released Missing, a transmídia project and suspense/horror mockumentary film. The project, developed and shot for under US$35,000, questioned what was real on the Internet and the social networks. The film became a transmídia success story.

Between 2009 and 2012 he produced and directed the documentary film and series U-513 Lonely Wolf, about the great search and find of the German submarine U-513 sunk in the coast of southern Brazil.

David then directed and produced the motion picture film (fiction) Little Secret which was inspired on the story of Katherine Schurmann, his adopted sister.[1][2] the film six years in the making, became Brazil's official Oscar representative in 2017 and had a successful box-office career.

In 2017 National Geographic Channel released Orient Expedition an 11 episode series, directed and produced by David Schurmann.

In 2017 David and his family founded and after four years development, in August 29th 2021, officially launched Voice of the Ocean [2]. The worldwide initiative, to tackle plastic pollution in the oceans, includes a nautical expedition (started in August 2021), a Scientific Project, an Open Innovation Program and an Educational Project. With the global support of the UN Program for the Environment (UNEP), the initiative searches for innovative solutions and raises awareness around the world, inviting people to commit in taking transformational actions.

David is a film director & producer, CEO, author, speaker and chairman of the board of the Schurmann group.

Selected filmography[]

  • U-513 Lonely Wolf - documentary feature (film) 2021 (to be released).
  • Orient Expedition - documentary series (National Geographic - 11 episodes) 2017.
  • Little Secret - fiction feature (film) 2015/2016.
  • Missing - fiction feature (film) 2011.
  • The World Twice Round - documentary feature (film) 2007.
  • Magellan Global Adventure - documentary series (film & TV) 1996-2005.
  • Get Real - series (TV) 1996.
  • Em Busca Do Sonho - documentary feature (film) 1995

Selected books[]

  • Ao Vento - non fiction book 2009.
  • Da Inspiração à Tela - a jornada de um filme - non fiction, filmmaking book 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ Variety, [1] Variety.com, 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ Débora Miranda, "David Schürmann fará filme baseado na história de sua irmã adotada", Globo.com, 19 August 2008.

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