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The Studio

UP Studio operates globally.

 

Founded in Campinas, Brazil. Active in Los Angeles, Essen, and across four continents since 2010.

 

Director-led. AI-integrated. Broadcast-grade delivery.

São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian operations

Los Angeles, USA

USA operations

Essen, Germany

European operations

90 dias.
Três movimentos.

Sou Igor Martins, Diretor Criativo e Fundador do UP Studio. Passei 12 anos fazendo as coisas parecerem e sentirem certas para marcas como Netflix, Audi e Google. O Creative Engine é o que acontece quando essa experiência de elite encontra a infraestrutura de IA. Não é um produto de prateleira. É um sistema escalável.

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Juntos, somos mais

Igor Martins

Founder & Visual Director

Stefane Kaller

Studio Manager

Melina Zanella

Relationship Manager

Elzemario Kaller

Finance & Operations

Ruiz de Aquino

Associate Director

Douglas Frigeri

Associate Director

Nando Dalberto

Associate Director

Lilian Döring

Associate Director

Selected Credits

Full project record for production partners and producers evaluating UP Studio for a project.

 

For a curated portfolio, see the Work page.

Recent

2025 – 2026

Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler · VFX Direction · AI Crime Scene Reconstruction

Kickpictures · Directed by Sarah Spillane · Produced by Magical Elves

Pilot for true crime series, in review with Oxygen (NBC Universal).

The Journey / The Journey 2.0 · VFX Supervisor · AI Production Big Puddle Films

AdventHealth · Directed by Jason Satterlund · Produced by Regis Terencio

21 episodes of vertical drama series integrating live-action performance with AI-generated environments. On-set VFX supervision in Los Angeles, December 2025.

ANDE Commercial · AI Visual Production · VFX Direction

ANDE · Directed by Sarah Spillane · Produced by Jason Dundas / Dundas Media
All visual scenes produced via AI pipeline. Full VFX direction.

F'Real · Commercial · VFX Direction

Dundas Media · Directed by Jason Dundas
Silver — Telly Award 2025. Bronze — American Advertising Award 2025.

Fendt - OutRun · VFX Direction
AI Visual Production Lokomotiv Studio · Fendt Brasil

2024

Maritime Masters · VFX Direction

Discovery Channel · Dundas Media · Directed by Jason Dundas

Docuseries on global maritime industry

Earlier Work

2019 – 2022

Mystery Lab · VFX Direction Netflix · via Digital Stars

Credited in final Netflix production.

Life Melodies · Motion Direction

Signia × MullenLowe Singapore

Silver — The One Show 2020.

Polestar 2 — Global Launch Campaign · VFX Direction

Swiss (Swedish production company) · Volvo / Polestar

Full VFX direction on scene from global launch commercial.

2017–2019

Audi · Tiffany & Co. · American Express · Usher · Justin Bieber / Ed Sheeran · Will Smith · Visual Lead / VFX Direction

Five-year partnership with Taylor Cut Films, Los Angeles

Visual Lead and VFX Direction on projects for premium global brands.

Awards

2025 · Silver — Telly Award (F'Real)

2025 · Bronze — American Advertising Award (F'Real)

2024 · Bronze — The Addy Award (Visual Effects Direction)

2023 · Platinum — Hermes Creative Awards (Motion Graphics, Altair Engineering)

2020 · Silver — The One Show (Life Melodies, Signia × MullenLowe)

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Artistic Credits

Igor's 25 years of practice (from oil painting to CGI to AI-generated imagery) with institutional recognition (MoCA collection, international exhibitions, curatorial invitations) provides the primary evidence of a visual grammar existing independent of client briefs.

 

The autoral work provides evidence of a recognizable visual grammar independent of client briefs — the foundation for directorial authorship.

Exhibitions

International Physical

2025 — Primavera Digitale, Florence, Italy
2023 — For the Culture, NFT Factory / Centre Pompidou, Paris
2023 — VISUAL ART 4 IMPACT, Bologna, Italy
2022 — Miami Art Week, Gamma.io & The Mintery, Miami, USA

2022 — NFT ART CON, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2022 — NFT São Paulo, Immigration Museum, São Paulo, Brazil

Metaverse & Virtual

2025 — MetaBorealis, Decentraland (Metaverse Art Week / KnownOrigin invitation)

2023 — World for Peace, Unimuseum / Spatial (virtual)

2022 — Indoor Art Exhibition, Reiniscouple Gallery, Voxels

Institutional Recognition

Museum of Crypto Art (MoCA) · 12 works in permanent Community Collection (blockchain-verified, September 2022)

KnownOrigin · Artist Spotlight feature (September 2022)

Museum of Contemporary Digital Art (MoCDA) · Featured in Digital Trends episodes 84 & 88

MakersPlace · Invited artist (March 2022); Curator of new artists (May 2022)

Artpoint · Featured artist

1stDibs · Invited to mint first work (September 2022)

Artistic Awards

2022 · First Prize, Crypto Art Competition · Gamma.io & The Mintery, Miami Art Week

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