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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Bota began his artistic life as a painter when he was exposed to art at an early age by his grandmother Zaira O’Farill Cesar, who was a painter and his mother Cidalia Cesar, who is an architect, making it a natural progression for him to work in arts. |
Bota began his artistic life as a painter when he was exposed to art at an early age by his grandmother Zaira O’Farill Cesar, who was a painter and his mother Cidalia Cesar, who is an architect, making it a natural progression for him to work in arts. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Cesar Bota - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037162/bio/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In 1984, while living in Rio de Janeiro, Bota befriended [[Renzo Gracie]], who later became the subject of one of his projects. |
In 1984, while living in Rio de Janeiro, Bota befriended [[Renzo Gracie]], who later became the subject of one of his projects. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-08 |title=Os Gracies vão ao cinema |url=https://cinemmarte.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/os-gracies-vao-ao-cinema/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Cinemmarte |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |
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In 1991, Bota started studying Fine Arts and he finished high school at the [[Miami Beach Senior High School]]. In the 1990s, Bota lived between New York, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Seattle. In 1993, while in Seattle, Bota became roommates with Demri Lara Parrott, [[Layne Staley]]'s girlfriend, whom he met at the Off Ramp Cafe. Later that year, Staley introduced Bota to [[Chris Cornell]], Tom Niemeyer of [[Gruntruck]] and [[Kurt Cobain]], with whom, at the heart of the [[Grunge]] movement, at age of 21, Bota started to frequent the Off Ramp Cafe, Lake Union Pub and [[The Crocodile Cafe]] and at that time, Bota started dedicating himself fully to the visual arts. |
In 1991, Bota started studying Fine Arts and he finished high school at the [[Miami Beach Senior High School]]. In the 1990s, Bota lived between New York, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Seattle. In 1993, while in Seattle, Bota became roommates with Demri Lara Parrott, [[Layne Staley]]'s girlfriend, whom he met at the Off Ramp Cafe. Later that year, Staley introduced Bota to [[Chris Cornell]], Tom Niemeyer of [[Gruntruck]] and [[Kurt Cobain]], <ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-29 |title=Paris CENTRE - le bonbon Eté 2011 by Le Bonbon - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/le-bonbon/docs/le_bonbon_centre__ete__2011 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>with whom, at the heart of the [[Grunge]] movement, at age of 21, Bota started to frequent the Off Ramp Cafe, Lake Union Pub and [[The Crocodile Cafe]] and at that time, Bota started dedicating himself fully to the visual arts. |
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In 1999, upon his move to New York City, Bota rapidly assimilated into the city's cosmopolitan and vibrant culture and began experimenting with fashion photography and film-making. In 2000, Bota studied film at NYU [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pressreader.com/australia/renegade-collective/20140901 |title=Press Reader. Renegade Collective |access-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225101947/http://www.pressreader.com/australia/renegade-collective/20140901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
In 1999, upon his move to New York City, Bota rapidly assimilated into the city's cosmopolitan and vibrant culture and began experimenting with fashion photography <ref>{{Cite web |title=Breed Magazine {{!}} Victor Cesar Bota – Production Los Angeles — photo production, video production, event production, location scouting, casting, art buying, art direction |url=https://production-la.com/project/breed-magazine/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> and film-making. In 2000, Bota studied film at NYU [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pressreader.com/australia/renegade-collective/20140901 |title=Press Reader. Renegade Collective |access-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225101947/http://www.pressreader.com/australia/renegade-collective/20140901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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On [[Saint Marks Place]], Bota owned and operated the renowned Medusa Tattoo, one the few original [[East Village, Manhattan]] tattoo shops that survived after tattooing was legalized in New York City in 1997. Medusa Tattoo catered to several celebrities including [[Britney Spears]], [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], [[Julian Casablancas]] and served as the launchpad for many of New York City's well-known tattoo artists such as John Reardon, Eli Quinters, Chris Torres, Steve Boltz, and others. In 2004, Bota and his partner, John Paras, moved Medusa Tattoo to 120 E 7th Street. In 2012, Bota closed Medusa Tattoo and started to fully dedicate himself to photography and film. |
On [[Saint Marks Place]], Bota owned and operated the renowned Medusa Tattoo<ref>{{Cite web |title=8th Street/St. Marks Place: New York Songlines |url=http://www.nysonglines.com/8st.htm |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.nysonglines.com}}</ref>, one the few original [[East Village, Manhattan]] tattoo shops that survived after tattooing was legalized in New York City in 1997. Medusa Tattoo catered to several celebrities<ref>{{Cite web |title=7th Street: New York Songlines |url=http://www.nysonglines.com/7st.htm |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.nysonglines.com}}</ref> including [[Britney Spears]], [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], [[Julian Casablancas]] and served as the launchpad for many of New York City's well-known tattoo artists such as John Reardon, Eli Quinters, Chris Torres (NY Ink), Steve Boltz, and others. In 2004, Bota and his partner, John Paras, moved Medusa Tattoo to 120 E 7th Street. In 2012, Bota closed Medusa Tattoo and started to fully dedicate himself to photography and film. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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While photographing fashion in New York City, Bota directed the short film “Freeman”. Co-produced by [[Fernando Meirelles]]' O2 Filmes, "Freeman" was a selection of several film festivals including the [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival|Brussels Film Festival]], [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]], [[Montreal World Film Festival]], [[Festival de Brasília]], [[Belo Horizonte Film Festival]], [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] and [[Festival do Rio]]. |
While photographing fashion in New York City, Bota directed the short film “Freeman”.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bota |first=Victor Cesar |title=Freeman |date=2004-03-03 |type=Short, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404057/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |others=Chad Brigockas, Brigitte Hagerman, Bob Senkewicz |publisher=Blackbeard Entertainment, FST Pictures, O2 Filmes}}</ref> Co-produced by [[Fernando Meirelles]]' O2 Filmes, "Freeman" was a selection of several film festivals including the [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival|Brussels Film Festival]], [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]], [[Montreal World Film Festival]], [[Festival de Brasília]], [[Belo Horizonte Film Festival]], [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] and [[Festival do Rio]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Cesar Bota {{!}} Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Art Director, Composer, Music Department, Sound Department, Art Department, Assistant Director |url=https://www.avclub.com/celebrity/victor-cesar-bota-1037162 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=43ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema - Directors |url=https://43.mostra.org/en/diretores/5188-VICTOR-CESAR-BOTA |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=43.mostra.org}}</ref> |
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Bota's music video "Call My Name" was nominated in the [[MTV Video Music Brazil]] Awards and this led to more work directing with Sony | BMG. Such as [[Wanessa]] Camargo – "Amor Amor"<ref>{{Citation |title=W (álbum) |date=2024-05-20 |work=Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre |url=https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W_(%C3%A1lbum)&oldid=67978928 |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=pt}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Release group “W” by Wanessa Camargo - MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/58d1e498-108c-3c7f-b989-5628cd10dccc |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=musicbrainz.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-18 |title=Wanessa Camargo |url=https://www.areavip.com.br/fofocas-famosos/wanessa-camargo/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Área VIP |language=pt-BR}}</ref>, Medulla – "Munição na Mamadeira" and [[Forro in the Dark]] – "Nonsensical". |
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Bota's music video "Call My Name" was nominated in the [[MTV Video Music Brazil]] Awards and this led to more work directing with Sony | BMG. Such as [[Wanessa]] Camargo – "Amor Amor", Medulla – "Munição na Mamadeira" and [[Forro in the Dark]] – "Nonsensical". Bota created and wrote the mini-series "Incessant" about the legendary [[Gracie family]] and the remarkable creation and expansion of [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] around the world, and directed [[The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo]] a documentary based on the research for "Incessant", which the music was by [[Mauro Refosco]], [[Forro in the Dark]] and [[Ilhan Ersahin]] and others from [[Nublu Records]]. [[The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo]] was screened at the [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] and [[Festival do Rio]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Victor Cesar|first1=Bota|title=Trip Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Victor+Cesar+Bota%22&pg=PT135|date=May 2009}}</ref> |
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Bota created and wrote the mini-series "Incessant" about the legendary [[Gracie family]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Mma Swiss-Neofight |date=2009-06-20 |title=Army black belt - Exército faixa preta |url=http://mmaswiss.blogspot.com/2009/06/army-black-belt-exercito-faixa-preta.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=MMASWISSNEWS.COM}}</ref>and the remarkable creation and expansion of [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] around the world, and directed [[The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=Roku |title=Roku |url=http://www.roku.com/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Roku |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo - Production & Contact Info {{!}} IMDbPro |url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1179035/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=pro.imdb.com}}</ref>a documentary based on the research for "Incessant", which the music was by [[Mauro Refosco]], [[Forro in the Dark]] and [[Ilhan Ersahin]] and others from [[Nublu Records]]. [[The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo]] <ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.amazon.com/Gracies-Birth-Vale-Tudo/dp/B00EOBH8AQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 |title=The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo |date=2015-01-29 |last=bota |first=victor cesar |access-date=2024-05-20 |via=Amazon}}</ref>was screened at the [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] and [[Festival do Rio]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Victor Cesar|first1=Bota|title=Trip Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Victor+Cesar+Bota%22&pg=PT135|date=May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=odia |title='Vale tudo' no filme dos Gracie |url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/entre-telas/vale-tudo-no-filme-dos-gracie,fa08b5275ac6d310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |
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===Filmography=== |
===Filmography=== |
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Victor Cesar Bota | |
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| Born | Victor Cesar Bota November 7, 1972 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Writer / Photographer / Director / Producer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Victor Cesar Bota (born November 7, 1972), a Brazilian writer, photographer, director, producer of Italian descent who began his artistic life as a painter.
Early life[edit]
Bota began his artistic life as a painter when he was exposed to art at an early age by his grandmother Zaira O’Farill Cesar, who was a painter and his mother Cidalia Cesar, who is an architect, making it a natural progression for him to work in arts. [1]
In 1984, while living in Rio de Janeiro, Bota befriended Renzo Gracie, who later became the subject of one of his projects. [2]
In 1991, Bota started studying Fine Arts and he finished high school at the Miami Beach Senior High School. In the 1990s, Bota lived between New York, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Seattle. In 1993, while in Seattle, Bota became roommates with Demri Lara Parrott, Layne Staley's girlfriend, whom he met at the Off Ramp Cafe. Later that year, Staley introduced Bota to Chris Cornell, Tom Niemeyer of Gruntruck and Kurt Cobain, [3]with whom, at the heart of the Grunge movement, at age of 21, Bota started to frequent the Off Ramp Cafe, Lake Union Pub and The Crocodile Cafe and at that time, Bota started dedicating himself fully to the visual arts.
In 1999, upon his move to New York City, Bota rapidly assimilated into the city's cosmopolitan and vibrant culture and began experimenting with fashion photography [4] and film-making. In 2000, Bota studied film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.[5]
On Saint Marks Place, Bota owned and operated the renowned Medusa Tattoo[6], one the few original East Village, Manhattan tattoo shops that survived after tattooing was legalized in New York City in 1997. Medusa Tattoo catered to several celebrities[7] including Britney Spears, Foxy Brown, Julian Casablancas and served as the launchpad for many of New York City's well-known tattoo artists such as John Reardon, Eli Quinters, Chris Torres (NY Ink), Steve Boltz, and others. In 2004, Bota and his partner, John Paras, moved Medusa Tattoo to 120 E 7th Street. In 2012, Bota closed Medusa Tattoo and started to fully dedicate himself to photography and film.
Career[edit]
While photographing fashion in New York City, Bota directed the short film “Freeman”.[8] Co-produced by Fernando Meirelles' O2 Filmes, "Freeman" was a selection of several film festivals including the Brussels Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Festival de Brasília, Belo Horizonte Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival and Festival do Rio. [9][10]
Bota's music video "Call My Name" was nominated in the MTV Video Music Brazil Awards and this led to more work directing with Sony | BMG. Such as Wanessa Camargo – "Amor Amor"[11] [12][13], Medulla – "Munição na Mamadeira" and Forro in the Dark – "Nonsensical".
Bota created and wrote the mini-series "Incessant" about the legendary Gracie family [14]and the remarkable creation and expansion of Ultimate Fighting Championship around the world, and directed The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo [15] [16]a documentary based on the research for "Incessant", which the music was by Mauro Refosco, Forro in the Dark and Ilhan Ersahin and others from Nublu Records. The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo [17]was screened at the São Paulo International Film Festival and Festival do Rio.[18][19]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||||
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| Screenwriter | Producer | Director | Cinematographer | Editor | |||
| 2007 | Freeman - short film | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2012 | The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Music video[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Call my Name" | AD | English | MTV Video Music Brasil |
| 2009 | "Amor Amor" | Wanessa Camargo | Portuguese | Sony BMG |
| 2009 | "Munição na Mamadeira" | Medulla | Portuguese | Sony BMG |
| 2012 | "Nonsensical" | Forro in the Dark | English | Nublu Records |
References[edit]
- ^ "Victor Cesar Bota - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Os Gracies vão ao cinema". Cinemmarte (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 8, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Paris CENTRE - le bonbon Eté 2011 by Le Bonbon - Issuu". issuu.com. September 29, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Breed Magazine | Victor Cesar Bota – Production Los Angeles — photo production, video production, event production, location scouting, casting, art buying, art direction". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Press Reader. Renegade Collective". Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ "8th Street/St. Marks Place: New York Songlines". www.nysonglines.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "7th Street: New York Songlines". www.nysonglines.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ Bota, Victor Cesar (March 3, 2004), Freeman (Short, Thriller), Chad Brigockas, Brigitte Hagerman, Bob Senkewicz, Blackbeard Entertainment, FST Pictures, O2 Filmes, retrieved May 20, 2024
- ^ "Victor Cesar Bota | Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Art Director, Composer, Music Department, Sound Department, Art Department, Assistant Director". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "43ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema - Directors". 43.mostra.org. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "W (álbum)", Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre (in Portuguese), May 20, 2024, retrieved May 20, 2024
- ^ "Release group "W" by Wanessa Camargo - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Wanessa Camargo". Área VIP (in Brazilian Portuguese). July 18, 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ Team, Mma Swiss-Neofight (June 20, 2009). "Army black belt - Exército faixa preta". MMASWISSNEWS.COM. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ Roku. "Roku". Roku. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo - Production & Contact Info | IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ bota, victor cesar (January 29, 2015). The Gracies and the Birth of Vale Tudo. Retrieved May 20, 2024 – via Amazon.
- ^ Victor Cesar, Bota (May 2009). Trip Magazine.
- ^ odia. "'Vale tudo' no filme dos Gracie". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved May 20, 2024.