Main areas of activity
Design and curatorship of exhibitions and museums
Idealization, screenwriting, direction and production of documentaries
Multimedia educational projects
Editorial planning and creation
Design and curatorship of exhibitions and museums
2019
Curatorial project, creation of contents and museographic conception of the Museu de Saúde Pública Emílio Ribas, SP – Instituto Butantan (under construction)
São Paulo - SP
Fundação Butantan
2018-2019
Curatorial renovation project and integration of the Instituto Butantan
São Paulo - SP
Fundação Butantan
2017-2018-2019
Curatorial renovation project of the Museu da Língua Portuguesa – Fundação Roberto Marinho
São Paulo - SP
Secretária da Cultura do Estado de São Paulo
2015
Curatorial project, creation of contents and museographic conception of the Museu da Cidade de Pelotas (under construction)
Pelotas-RS
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2014-2015
Curatorial project, creation of contents and museographic conception of the Museu das Missões (under construction)
São Miguel das Missões-RS
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2010-2013
Curatorial project, creation of contents and museographic conception of the Cais do Sertão Museu Luiz Gonzaga
Recife-PE
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2010
Museum and curatorial project of the permanent exhibition As Utopias de Darcy Ribeiro
Darcy Ribeiro Memorial
Brasília-DF
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
Museum and curatorial project of the multimedia installation Um sonho de Brasil – Darcy Ribeiro
Ordem do Mérito Cultural 2010
Rio de Janeiro-RJ
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2009
Museum and curatorial project of the exhibition Marighella
Memorial of the Resistance - Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo-SP
Caixa Cultural, RJ
Teatro Castro Alves, BA
Creation of contents and museographic conception of the Museu do Pampa (under construction)
Jaguarão-RS
Municipality of Jaguarão
IPHAN
2008
Direction of contents and museographic conception of the permanent multimedia exhibition Estação Natureza: biodiversidade brasileira
Boticário Foundation
University of São Paulo
2003-2006
Content direction and screewriting for various projects of the Museu da Língua Portuguesa, among which: Idiomaterno (Auditorium), Religião, Carnavais, Culinária, Natureza e Cultura, Valores e Saberes and Raiz Lusa
São Paulo-SP
Roberto Marinho Foundation
1998
Design and production of the exhibition El Brasil de Lina Bo Bardi – arquitectura y design popular
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Lina Bo and PM Bardi Institute
Idealization, screenwriting, direction and production of documentaries
2016-2017
Creation and direction of the series of 12 documentaries A cidade no Brasil (A cidade, Cidade ameríndia/metrópole neoindígena, Cidade ibérica na América, Cidade africana, Cidades do ouro/cidade e mestiçagem, Sertão, cidade, segregação
Cidade e migrações, Cidade natural e cidade do desperdício, Cidade, memória e utopia, O direito à cidade)
Sesctv
2014-2015
Creation and direction of the series of 12 documentaries Galáxias (Cidades, Identidade nacional, Economia, Meio-ambiente, Política, Movimentos sociais, Indivíduos e comportamento, Produção estética, Educação, Universidade, Mídia, O Brasil no Mundo)
Sesctv
Institute of Brazilian Studies, USP
2014
Screenwriting and direction of documentaries for the exhibition As maneiras de expor de Lina
Brazilian House Museum, SP
2013
Screenwriting and direction of documentaries for the exhibition Sesc Pompéia – 30 anos
Sesc Pompéia, SP
2009-2011
Screenwriting, direction and co-production of the feature film Marighella
Selected for the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba, 2011
Finalist in the Fest-Aruanda 2011, João Pessoa-PB, 2011
Selected to open the 2º Festival de Documentários de Cachoeira-BA, 2011
Finalist in the 35º Mostra Internacional de São Paulo, 2011
Finalist in the “Première Brasil” at Festival do Rio, 2011
Selected for the 11° Mercado de Cine Iberoamericano en Guadalajara, México, 2012
Selected for the DOC BRASIL Festival 2012- 3º Festival de Documentários Brasileiros na China
Selected for the Forum Doc, Belo Horizonte-MG, 2012
Selected for the Festival Ventana Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012
Selected for the Mostra de Cinema de Osasco-SP, 2012
Best feature film in the 7º Mostra Cinema e Direitos Humanos na América Latina, 27 Brazilian Capitals, Brazilian Ministry of Culture/Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic, 2012
Selected for the 13º Retrospectiva do Cinema Brasileiro, Cinesesc – SP, 2012
5o Prêmio CINEB do Cinema Brasileiro, 2014
2009
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira
2008
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary A cidade não Para
2007
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary Darcy Ribeiro: um vulcão de ideias
Tevê Latino Americana
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary O milagre do pão
Nestlé
2006-2007
Idealization, screenwriting and direction of the ten-episode series O Valor do Amanhã (Entre a lógica e o sonho, Cigarras e formigas, Coquetel de hormônios, Envelhecer, Os cantos da sereia, Tempo é dinheiro?, Tempo de quê?, No meio do caminho, As regras do jogo, Amanhã ninguém sabe) based on the homonymous work of Eduardo Giannetti, for Fantástico TV show
Rede Globo
2006
General direction of the video installation Navio Negreiro
Museu AfroBrasil
São Paulo-SP
Screenwriting for the Programa Escola que Vale
Cedac
2005
Screenwriting for the documentary Pinacoteca: um pedaço de sonho
TV Cultura
Screenwriting for the documentary Lasar Segall
TV Cultura
2004
Formatting for the series Ética, with Renato Janine Ribeiro
Canal Futura
2003-2006
Direction of contents and screenwriting for Museu da Língua Portuguesa projects, among which: Idiomaterno (Auditorium), Religião, Carnavais, Culinária, Natureza e Cultura, Valores e Saberes and Raiz Lusa
São Paulo-SP
Roberto Marinho Foundation
2003
Screenwriting and direction of documentary Umas Velhices
SESC São Paulo
Selected for the III Brasil Documenta, 2003
2002
Idealization, screenwriting and direction of the series of 15 documentaries Intérpretes do Brasil (Portugal, Brasil, by Judith Cortesão; Viva o Sertão, by Antonio Risério; Vontade de Beleza, by Washington Novaes; O Sonho Português, by Roberto Pinho; O Candomblé do Brasil, by Mãe Stela; Pé na Estrada, by Paulo Vanzolini; Mistura e Invenção, by Hermano Vianna; Os Vários Brasis, by Aziz Ab’Saber; Presença Africana, by Carlos Serrano; Notas sobre o Brasil, by Darcy Ribeiro; Mar de Escravos, by Luiz Felipe de Alencastro; Leituras sobre o Brasil, by Roberto da Matta; Saberes, by Manoela Carneiro da Cunha; Negro de Corpo e Alma, by Emanoel Araujo)
Canal Arte e Cultura
TV Cultura
Selected for the IV Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental, 2002
“Best screenplay”, at the VI Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul, with “Intérpretes do Brasil – Os Caipiras, by Antonio Cândido”
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary Cultura da Convivência
SESC São Paulo
Idealization, screenwriting and direction of the documentary Mistura e Invenção
Itaú Cultural
1998-2000
Idealization, screenwriting and direction of the series of 10 documentaries O Povo Brasileiro (Matriz Tupi, Matriz Lusa, Matriz Afro, Encontros e Desencontros, Brasil Crioulo, Brasil Caipira, Brasil Sertanejo, Brasil Caboclo, Brasis Sulinos, Invenção do Brasil)
GNT
TV Cultura
Participation in the festival États Généraux du Film Documentaire, in Lussas, France, 2000
“Best Cultural Production for TV”, in the Grande Prêmio Brasil, 2000
Finalist in the Cultural Issues category in the 2000 Television Programming and Promotion Competition, The New York Festival, 2000
Selected for the III Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental, 2001
Participation in the É Tudo Verdade festival, 2001
1996-1997
Special counseling to the presidency for the creation of the Nova TVE
Roquette Pinto Foundation
Coordination of Special Projects for the Nova TVE
Roquette Pinto Foundation
1996
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary Darcy, formador de gente
Rede Sarah de Hospitais
1994
Screenwriting and direction of the documentary Raízes do Brasil, about the book by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda
TV Cultura
1993
Realization of the documentary Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo and P.M. Bardi Institute
1988
Screenwriting for As Religiões Africanas no Brasil coauthored with Pierre Verger
Ford Foundation - Video Projects Contest in celebration of the centennial of the abolition of slavery
“Best screenplay”, in the Ford Foundation Video Projects Contest
Multimedia educational projects
2009
General coordination and creative direction of the multimedia project Valor do Amanhã
Instituto Unibanco
Bei
2006
Screenwriting for the Programa Escola que Vale
Cedac
2005
General coordination and creative direction of the multimedia project Gênesis
Sebastião Salgado
Unesco
Bei
2003-2004
General coordination and creative direction of the multimedia project Missão Ambiente – Responsabilidade Socioambiental dos Brasileiros
Cultural Foundation of the Brazilian Army
BrasilConnects
2002
Idealization and general coordination for the creation of the Dossiê Biodiversidade
Natura
2001-2002
Counseling to the Audiovisual Secretariat for the creation of Canal Cultura e Arte
Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2001
Creative direction and screenwriting for 36 programs of the series Professor Profissional
Darcy Ribeiro Foundation
1997-1998
General coordination of the project Escola Normal Superior de Educação a Distância
Darcy Ribeiro Foundation
Brazilian Ministry of Education and Sports
1995-1996
Realization and coordination of the TV Escola project, educational channel directed at elementary schools and the Revista da TV Escola
Brazilian Ministry of Education and Sports
1995
Idealization and coordination of the Encontros de Humanidades of the International Children's Biennial
São Paulo Biennial Foundation
1994
Screenwriting for the documentary Tratado de Educação Ambiental
International NGO Forum
Screenwriting for the series Raízes e Asas, for the training of public school teachers
Research Center for Education and Culture
UNICEF
1992-1994
Realization and general direction of the project Educação Pela Tevê, programming aimed at teacher training, coordinated by Darcy Ribeiro: series Rede Geral and Curso Livre de Atualização de Conhecimentos
Extraordinary Secretariat of Special Programs, Rio de Janeiro
1992
Planning and implementation of a Public Video Library, coordinated by Darcy Ribeiro
Norte-Fluminense University, RJ
1989-1990
Creative direction and general coordination of the project Professor da Pré-Escola - videos and printed materials
Roberto Marinho Foundation
1988-1989
Planning and implementation of the Video Library of the Latin American Memorial, under the coordination of Darcy Ribeiro
1983-1984
Coordination of project contents for Brasil, Corpo e Alma – videos
Roberto Marinho Foundation
1980-1989
Coordination of project contents for Telecurso 1º grau, Crianças do Brasil, Telecurso 2º grau – videos and printed materials
Roberto Marinho Foundation
Publications
“Darcy Ribeiro, um brasileiro sem complexo de inferioridade”
Isa Grinspum Ferraz
Published in the book Humanistas e cientistas do Brasil – Ciências Humanas, Luiz Edmundo de Magalhães (org.). EDUSP and Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência, 2015.
“Darcy Ribeiro”
Isa Grinspum Ferraz and Agnaldo dos Santos
Published in the book Intérpretes do Brasil: clássicos, rebeldes e renegados, Luiz Bernardo Pericás and Lincoln Ferreira Secco (org.). Editora Boitempo, 2014.
“Marighella”
Isa Grinspum Ferraz
Published in the book 1964-2014: Golpe Militar e Direitos Humanos, Maria Ribeiro do Valle (org.). Editora Cultura Acadêmica, 2014.
Darcy Ribeiro, Utopia Brasil
Isa Grinspum Ferraz (org.). Editora Hedra, 2008.
Ilha Deserta: filmes
Editora Publifolha, 2003.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Edited by Isa Grinspum Ferraz under editorial coordination of Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz. Editora Blau and Instituto Lina Bo e P. M. Bardi, 1997.
Lina Bo Bardi
Selection and editing of texts by Isa Grinspum Ferraz for book conceived by André Vainer, Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, Marcelo Suzuki e Victor Nosek, under editorial coordination of Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz. Instituto Lina Bo e P. M. Bardi, 1993.
História do Masp de Pietro Maria Bardi
Editorial design and editing of images by Isa Grinspum Ferraz and Victor Nosek. Instituto Quadrante, 1992.
Tempos de Grossura: o Design no Impasse de Lina Bo Bardi
Book organized by Isa Grinspum Ferraz in 1980. Subsequently published with editorial coordination of Marcelo Suzuki. Instituto Lina Bo e P. M. Bardi, 1994.
Other relevant activities
2011-2016
Cultural Director of the Darcy Ribeiro Foundation
2001
Participation in the Selection Committee of the I International Documentary Forum Brasil Documenta - GNT
GNT
2001
Participation in the Jury of the International Film Festival BR-2001 - Brazilian Ministry of Culture
Ministério da Cultura
1995-2014
Founding member and member of the Board of Directors of the Darcy Ribeiro Foundation
1984-1997
Collaborator of the anthropologist, educator and senator Darcy Ribeiro in different multimedia projects
1980-1981/1994-1995
Collaborator of the architect Lina Bo Bardi
Other awards
2006
"100 most influential Brazilians of the year" by IstoÉ magazine
Winner of the "Cláudia Award" in the Culture category
