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    Brian Mier: São Paulo/Rio Based Fixer and Producer

     

     

     

  • American Fixer, Producer and Writer who has lived in Brazil for 22 years and is fluent in Portuguese. After working 15 years in the non governmental sector and amassing a large number of contacts in government and in favelas and poor communities across the country, I began working in television production in 2012. I've worked with BBC1,2 and 3, HBO, ViceTV, Netflix, Channel 4, Al Jazeera and many others. I've directed sequences for major TV companies and corporate films and worked as an assistant producer for BBC1 and BBC2. I am capable of doing simultaneous interpreting and two particular strong points are casting and pre-production research.

     

    "Definitely one of the all-time top 5 fixers I've worked with" - Stacey Dooley

     

     

     

    Photos from TV shoots

     

    Jane Corbin and Dave Langan during filming for BBC Panorama's "The Zika Baby Crisis".
    I worked as Assistent Producer on this episode of Panorama
    Shooting for "Stacey Dooley Investigates" in Rio de Janeiro
    KEO Films Will Anderson shooting for BBC 2 during the March 2013 protests in Rio
    Shooting at Sunrise with Bafta award winning director Ed Watts
    With YLE TV's Heidi Lipsanen, filming in Manaus
    Filming in favelas is trickier than it looks. Here is Stacey Dooley in São Paulo
    Helping solve a light issue with broadcasting legend Richard Gizbert for Al Jazeera's The Listening Post
    Filming in Rocinha favela with Doug Engle while directing a short film for corporate client, What3Words
    Interviewing Brazilian newscaster Paulo Henrique Amorim for Al Jazeera's "The Listening Post"
    On the set of the Netflix production, "Captive: The Kola Kidnappings"
    Launching a drone with a German TV crew in Minas Gerais. Drone regulations have changed recently in Brazil. Stay informed!
    Filming in Minas Gerais for German crime program.
    Operating a sound boom during filming of Funk Singer Thamy Delicia during production of Keo Films/BBC2's "Welcome to Rio".
    Director Lottie Gamon filming transgender sex workers for BBC 3's "Stacey Dooley Investigates". Negotiating access in Brazil can be dangerous and it is important to have someone experienced on board.
    Celebrating the end of the final day of shooting "Welcome to Rio" with shooter/director Jamie Berry. I worked as assistant producer and this was the culmination of 6 months of working in dangerous conditions in Rio de Janeiro favelas to produce 3, one-hour documentaries.

  • Links to TV programs

     

    Selected links to TV programs that I worked on

     

    The Pacification of Rio

    Vice TV/HBO

    I fixed for Ben Anderson on this story about the failure of the UPP police pacification program in Rio de Janeiro.

     

    Rise as One: Training Blind Footballers in Brazil

    Vice

    A short film about a blind football team in Rio de Janeiro, sponsored by Budweiser.

    Welcome To Rio

    BBC 2

    A scene from BBC2's 3-hour documentary series, "Welcome to Rio". I cast funk singer Thamy Delicia, directed several scenes with her and helped develop the narrative arc with Bafta winning director of "Escape from Isis", Ed Watts.

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    What3Words

    I directed 3 short films for tech company What3Words in Rocinha favela in 2015. This is the shortest of the three.

    Brazil's Media, Monopolies and Political Manipulation

    Al Jazeera: The Listening Post

    I did pre-production, casting and directed several interviews and all stand ups for this special episode of the listening post about Brazil's media oligarchies and their influence on the illegal 2016 impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.

    Brazil General Strike: Behind the Media Silence

    Al Jazeera: The Listening Post

    I cast and directed the Brazilian sequences in this 11 minute news story about the April 28, 2017 general strike.

     

    Brazil: Globo's Power to Influence

    Al Jazeera: The Listening Post

    I did the pre-production research, casting and fixed for this Listening Post feature story from 2016.

    The People's Health: Brazil's Real Drug War

    Al Jazeera

    I worked in pre-production research and casting for this documentary about the Brazilian public health systems free medicine program.

     

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