Levy, Eduardo (II)

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biography of Levy, Eduardo

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo began his career with Price Waterhouse in 1990. His interest in finance and foreign markets led him to join Banco Garantia - renamed Credit Suisse First Boston - Latin America's premier investment bank. Over the next decade, he specialized in emerging countries' fixed income markets, first as Senior International Trader, and later as Director of Credit Trading and Portfolio Management in South America. In Brazil, Eduardo ventured into independent film distribution, which brought him to Los Angeles where he earned his MFA in Film Producing from the American Film Institute. While still at AFI, Eduardo collaborated with the Sundance Institute and the Slamdance Film Festival in varied capacities. In May 2006, he founded High Treason Productions and, soon after, Olhar Independente, a talent search service aimed at educating South American filmmakers and representing their work in Los Angeles. Olhar Independente and the Brazilian Film Network recently formed a partnership - BFN - to operate as a de facto rep office for the Brazilian film industry in Los Angeles. In 2010, Eduardo became a columnist for O Globo, one of Brazil's largest and most influential print dailies.
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- Eduardo has made a career in the financial industry before moving to Los Angeles from São Paulo, Brazil. Emerging Markets securities specialist.

- Graduated from the American Film Institute with an MFA in Film Producing

- Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, in December 2004. Also a whitewater rafting enthusiast, Eduardo has run rivers in four different continents.

- Created 'Olhar Independente' (Independent Look International) in June 2006, aimed at bringing Brazilian emerging talent and the Los Angeles-based film industry together.

- Has founded High Treason Productions with partner James Martin in April 2006.

- Columnist for O Globo, one of Brazil's largest and most influential print dailies.

- HT Comics, High Treason's comics label, launched with "Frameshift", issue '0' of graphic novel to be published in Winter '10/11.

- Sometimes writes under the pseudonym Leopoldo Blumenfeld.

- Columnist for O Globo, one of Brazil's largest and most influential print dailies.

- Co-creator of the comic book 'Frameshift' with James Martin, Erik Eidem, Omar Rivera and Nicholas Favorite.

- "Variety.com" (USA), 13 July 2010, by: Anna Marie De La Fuente, "New L.A. firm for Brazil film industry"