Marcelo Lordello was born in Brasília in 1981. Graduated in Communication, he began his career as a filmmaker in 2003. He is part of the Trincheira Films, a production company from Pernambuco, and also works as a director of photography and editor. Vigias, a documentary from 2010, his first feature film, had its première at the Festival de Brasília; his second feature film, They'll come back, a fictional work from 2012, was awarded as Best Film by the jury and critics at the same festival.