Joel Junior is a film director and photographer. He attended technical theater school at Escola Célia Helena and during the pandemic, he discovered a passion for photography that persists to this day. His encounter with Luna Alkalay, brazilian film director of the films "Sangria" (1972) and "Blood Crystals" (1975), was a milestone in his career, as she helped him to take the first steps towards the realization of his first short film "But, I am." (2024)