Directors

Passionate about music, cinema, and arts, the "mineirinho" (nickname for someone from Minas Gerais, Brazil) moved from the countryside to São Paulo in 2007 with a lot of energy. Since then, he has worked as a freelance professional in motion graphics and visual effects, working for various production houses and agencies and participating in important advertising campaigns for clients such as Itaú, Claro, Panasonic, Yamaha, among many others, accumulating vast experience in post-production.

In 2011, he founded Bóson Post, a post-production studio, with Aline Deptulsky (his wife and motion designer). Later, Eduardo Brandão and Luiz Nunes joined as partners, solidifying the studio as one of the main post-production studios in the São Paulo audiovisual market. In 2021, with the purpose of forging new creative paths, he and his partners founded Y42, where he works as executive director.

Since 2007, when he arrived to explore the São Paulo audiovisual market, Eduardo has worked as a freelance motion designer for major production companies and agencies. He spent 3 years in the creation of the África agency, where he contributed to the language of films and motions for client campaigns.

In 2012, he joined the team of partners at Bóson Post, a well-established post-production studio, where he further developed his technical and directing skills in the field of visual effects and 3D. In 2021, he founded Y42 with Ezany Brandão and Luiz Henrique Nunes, with the purpose of applying all the accumulated knowledge and experience with more creative freedom, and serves as one of the directors of the studio.

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Ton grew up in a Chinese family speaking three languages: Portuguese, Mandarin, and English. During his childhood, he lived in LA and spent some time in Asia.

He holds a degree in Social Communication and a postgraduate degree in audiovisual. He started his career as an Art Director and Motion Designer. He was the Head of the Art Department at O2 Filmes for 4 years and among his notable works are the Opening of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Museum of Tomorrow, UN/Rio+20, and the World Expo in Shanghai for O2 Filmes. In 2019, he took a sabbatical and embarked on a trip around the world, visiting 21 countries on 5 continents over 9 months. Upon returning to São Paulo, he worked as a freelancer for the European market and directed motion graphics and animation projects for the national market. In 2021, he joined the team of directors at Y42.

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The award-winning duo of directors, screenwriters, and animators specializes in creating 3D visual content. With twenty-four years in the advertising industry, the pair is known for their humorous character creation.

This talent extends to the audiovisual realm, and in their first independent short film, the duo gained recognition at Anima Mundi and various other festivals.

In 2022, the duo joined the directing team at Y42.

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Born in the city of Lins, São Paulo, where he spent his adolescence immersed in the intense production of music, videos, and illustrations, he discovered Motion Design as a way to bring together and express all these passions.

As a Motion Designer, he has contributed creatively to audiovisual projects throughout Brazil and in countries such as Portugal, Norway, and the United States. Among these projects, we can highlight campaigns for Pepsi, Avon, McDonald's, Banco Next, and Novalgina.
In his search for creative expansion, he conceived the animation art collective Gumdrop, which had its content showcased on the stage of Anymotion, the largest animation event in Latin America.

In 2022, he joined the team of directors at Bóson to contribute with an aesthetic vision inspired by the most popular trends in global animation.

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Graduated in Multimedia Communication from PUCSP. While still in university, he won the Philips Latin America Digital Arts 2001 award, which allowed him to visit European production companies and studios to showcase his work.

In 2007, he received the award for Best Music Video of the Year for "Sandrão - Respeito Oriental" at the MTV Awards. The following year, he was selected by artist Björk to be part of the Innocent EP with the music video of the same name. Always attentive to new technologies and languages, he developed the virtual reality and augmented reality app for children called "Peronio," which won the "Best Game 2015 - Vuforia Vision Awards" and was selected for the "Unity Awards 2015" and the "Big Indie Game Festival 2015."

From 2009 to 2017, he was in Germany, where he worked as a director and visual artist for major European brands. Upon returning to Brazil, he continued to participate in international and national projects, and in 2021 he joined the team of directors at Y42.

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With 15 years of experience in the market as a 3D character concept artist, Alex Liki has worked for companies such as Vetor Zero, Casablanca, Startanima, O2 Filmes, and Gullane.

He has created characters for feature films, TV series, and commercials both in Brazil and abroad, working with clients such as Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford, Coca-Cola, Ipiranga, Nestlé, Bradesco, and Itaú.

In 2021, he joined the creative team at Y42.

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