Ricardo Laganaro

Ricardo Laganaro is an award-winning Brazilian director graduated in social communication at ECA-USP, advertising at ESPM and film directing at the New York Film Academy, partner and Chief Storytelling Officer at ARVORE Experiências Imersivas in São Paulo.

Laganaro's latest project, "The Line," received a series of international awards including "Best VR Experience" at the 76th Venice Film Festival and a Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming. He has lectured at events such as the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, Comic Con Experience, Wired Festival Brazil, Mediamorfosis, Demand Solutions, among others. He is also a guest professor at the Design Laboratory and Immersive Experiences at Belas Artes University. Ricardo was chosen by Oculus to be part of the program "VR For Good", where he directed the virtual reality documentary Step to the Line, considered by "FastCompany" an innovative example of how the VR horizon can be expanded to change people's lives, and Reviste Time cited the piece as one of the five best virtual reality contents for cell phones.