Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1980. He completed his M.F.A. in film at Columbia University in 2006.
His short film La Muerte Es Pequeña was an official selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and a Student Academy Award regional finalist. His thesis film, Salt Kiss, was entirely financed by the James Bridges Development Award for his work with actors. The Brazilian short had its US premiere at the 44th New York Film Festival and it played in festivals such as Sundance and Clermont-Ferrand, and won awards in Aspen, Guadalajara, Portugal, Rio and Recife. Salt Kiss is available for download on itunes.
Fellipe was assistant director in Kirill Mikhanovsky's Sonhos de Peixe, a selection of the Critics Week at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. He also taught film directing at the Columbia University undergraduate division. He currently works as an editor for Sprint TV.