Caco Porto

Caco Porto, a writer and screenwriter, was born on March 30, 1957, in São Gonçalo, a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. He earned a degree in Systems Analysis from PUC-Rio and an MBA in Strategic Marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. In 1986, he developed information systems for TV Globo designed for television production, specifically focusing on script breakdown and shooting script processes.

Certified in Screenwriting for Cinema by PUC’s CCE and the Darcy Ribeiro Film School, he wrote two feature films: *As Duas Faces da Abóbora* and *Uma Vila Chamada Esperança*. Subsequently, he adapted *As Duas Faces da Abóbora* into a novel and wrote the feature film *A Casa das Máscaras*. He is currently working on a new novel, a fourth feature film, and a TV miniseries.