San Francisco, CA, USA
$500 - $850 / Day
Award-winning filmmaker and editor with a quick eye, a balance of technical and creative strengths and a talent for crafting emotionally-engaging, character-driven stories. Fernanda Tornaghi brings Brazilian flair and congeniality to her TV, film and corporate work. Her specialties span reality, documentary and fiction formats. She prides herself on being the kind of quick study who was able to high dive into editing for the Rio Olympics without any prior sports experience. She’s been known to make hard-nosed directors cry with her storytelling. Her feature documentary Queen of Brazil premiered at the 2008 Rio International Film Festival. It was awarded best feature at the 2010 NY Brazilian Film Festival and nominated for best documentary at the 2009 Zurich International Film Festival. Fernanda began her career in NYC and worked with independent filmmakers Bill Brand and Abigail Child. She also served as assistant editor to renowned Brazilian editors Leli Figueiredo, edt. and Henrique Tartarotti, edt.
Produced for Olympic Broadcasting Services
Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Semifinals 2 WR11 highlights segment for the daily highlights show broadcast to approximately 138 Rights Holders around the world.
Summary Montage of the 2016 Olympic World Records, broadcast by Olympic Broadcasting Services to 138 Rights Holders.
Produced for Cinegroup
The History Channel's Emmy nominated reality series "O Infiltrado," about a Brazilian investigative journalist who delves into several underworlds to expose with humor what they are like from the inside.
Produced for Seeker
Lead editor of the turnaround team assembled by Discovery Channel to salvage production of the original docu-reality series Rio Rescue, an action and lifestyle show about lifeguards on the beaches of Rio. The previous crew had shot 100 hours of footage (mostly unusable) which told no complete story and didn’t edit into one full episode. Developed and edited the first season of Rio Rescue (16 eps)
Produced for Globo
International Reality Game Show The Voice Kids - Brazil version.
Post Production