Dayse Barreto

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Dayse Barreto is a production designer, assistant art director and researcher from the city of Fortaleza, currently living in São Paulo. She acquired a degree in Cinema and New Media in 2012 from the University of Fortaleza. Dayse has taken part in the creative processes of Escola Pública de Audiovisual Vila das Artes. She has also worked at the Museum of Image and Sound of the state of Ceará, managing their collection with roles in preservation, diffusion, and research of the cinematic memory of the state of Ceará.

In films, Dayse has signed as a production designer for the features “The Yellow Night” by Ramon Porto Mota; “Cabeça de Nêgo” by Déo Cardoso; and “Com os Punhos Cerrados” by Ricardo Pretti, Luiz Pretti, Guto Parente, and Pedro Diógenes. She has also worked as a production designer for two featured projects in the 32nd and 33rd Bienal de São Paulo: “Os Humores Artificiais” by Gabriel Abrantes; and “O Ensaio” by Copenhagen-based artist Tamar Guimarães. Dayse has worked in television as a production designer for the teen comedy “Lana&Carol”, by Natália Maia, Samuel Brasileiro, Luciana Vieira, and Michelline Helena; and for the television film “O Natal de Rita” by Ricardo Alves Jr. Dayse has worked in the art department of several other feature films such as “Praia do Futuro” by Karim Aïnouz; “A Torre” by Sérgio Borges; “A Sombra do Pai” and “O Animal Cordial”, both by Gabriela Amaral Almeida; and “Elon Não Acredita na Morte” by Ricardo Alves Jr.

Dayse has further worked as an assistant art director in the television series “Aruanas” (a Globo Filmes and Maria Farinha coproduction) and “Exterminadores do Além” (a Warner Channel and Clube Filmes coproduction), now in its final production stages.