Marcos Schechtman is an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker whose work spans fiction, television, and international production. Schechtman has worked extensively across India, the United States, Morocco, Turkey, and Peru, and has held key executive roles in Brazilian television, including Head of Television Drama at TV Manchete and Unit Director at TV Globo. His latest fiction feature, A Wolf Among Swans (Um Lobo Entre os Cisnes, 2025), co-directed with Helena Varvaki, explores the life of acclaimed ballet dancer Thiago Soares.

Helena Varvaki is an award-winning actress and director born in Rio de Janeiro, with an extensive career spanning theater, television, and cinema. As an actress, she has appeared in acclaimed series such as Sob Pressão, directed by Andrucha Waddington and Mini Kerti, and Todo Dia a Mesma Noite, by Júlia Rezende and Carol Minêm, as well as in feature films including A Última Chance, directed by Paulo Thiago; the short film O Presente, by Úrsula Marino; and Baile de Máscaras, directed by Flávio Tambelini and Eduardo Hunter. Expanding her work behind the camera, Varvaki co-directed the feature film A Wolf Among Swans (Um Lobo Entre os Cisnes, 2025) with Marcos Schechtman.