GABRIEL BRUGNI da CRUZ is a Latinx film and TV writer hailing from a small town in the state of Bahia, Brazil. He spent his childhood riding dirt roads to go to school and playing soccer in a swampy field that he and his friends often had to share with the neighbor’s cow.  Gabriel's credits include the Emmy-nominated show O Infiltrado and Jon Cassar’s international co-prod Rio Heat. He also penned the Portuguese audio description for movies like The Shape of Water, Crazy Rich Asians, and A Star Is Born. An USC alum, Gabriel is one of the founders of Maquinário Narrativo, a Brazilian company that wrote original and commissioned stories. He ran Maquinário Narrativo’s In-House Story Lab, and Feature and TV projects he mentored are now under development at companies like RT Features (Call Me By Your Name) and Boutique Filmes (Netflix’s 3%). Gabriel writes universal tales about love, darkness, and wonder imbued with the untapped stories of his homeland. One of his projects is currently under development with a Sundance-nominated producer. He currently lives with his wife in the outskirts of Los Angeles, where sometimes the wind brings the smell of cow dung from neighboring dairy farms. He doesn’t complain. It reminds him of home.