Carol Minêm

Directing

Carol Minêm

Born
(age 42)
Birthplace
São Paulo, Brazil
Credits
15 titles

Biography

Carol Minêm is a Brazilian director with more than 20 years of experience in audiovisual.

In 2026, she released the feature film (Un)control, directed with Rosane Svartman. A critical and box office success, the work was selected for the Havana International Film Festival and the Festival do Rio, in addition to standing out at LABRFF Orlando 2026, where it won the awards for Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress.

She also directed the critically acclaimed miniseries Máscaras de Oxigênio (Não) Cairão Automaticamente, directed with Marcelo Gomes and released in 2025. The production gained national and international recognition, winning Best Fiction Series and the Youth Jury Award at the Valencia International Film Festival, alongside receiving honorary mentions. It was voted Best Series of 2025 at the Melhores do Ano awards, the APCA Awards, and the Grande Otelo Awards by the Brazilian Academy of Cinema, and was part of the Berlinale Series Market at the Berlin International Film Festival.

For Netflix, she directed the miniseries The Endless Night. The project reached the position of the 6th most-watched non-English series globally in 2023, topped the Top 1 chart in Brazil, and received a Platino Award nomination for Best Series. Also for the platform, she directed episodes of the series B.O. For Disney+, she directed episodes of The King of TV.

Her upcoming projects include co-directing the feature film Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl 2 alongside Marcus Baldini, with a release scheduled for 2027.

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 15

YearTitleJob
2027 Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl 2 Film Director
2026 (Un)control Film Director
2025 Oxygen Masks Will Not Drop Down Automatically TV Director (5 ep)
2023 Reporting for Duty TV Director (8 ep)
2023 Slam Film Assistant Director
2023 The Endless Night TV Director (5 ep)
2022 The King of TV TV Director (8 ep)
2020 Macho Man Film Assistant Director
2018 O Homem Perfeito Film Assistant Director
2018 Nothing to Lose Film First Assistant Director
2017 Edifício Paraíso Film First Assistant Director
2015 Carrossel: O Filme Film First Assistant Director
2012 Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit Film Production Assistant
2011 Ninjas Film Second Assistant Director
2005 Delicate Crime Film Second Assistant Director
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