Director, Mercuria TV
Owner of a unique style that dialogs with multiple platforms, Marcio Leitão, a.k.a. Squarehead, combines live action, design, and motion graphics to create dynamism and energetic pieces, all of them beautifully crafted.
Squarehead started his career as an editor, which remains one of his most important signatures today. His work reflects a blending of local culture and plurality, resulting in great storytelling.
Among his work, there are films for clients like Visa, Coca-Cola, Electrolux, Brahma (Beverage), Samsung, GM, Ford, Peugeot, Honda, Nubank, Bradesco Bank, Netflix, Facebook, Heineken, Riot, and Getty Images.
Squarehead is one of the most awarded directors in Latin America. His branded content project for Getty Images, Endless Stories, won five Lions at Cannes, including Film and Film Craft, took the International Excellence category at AICP (part of MoMA's NY permanent collection), the Grand Prix at Wave Festival, and top awards at many other international festivals such as Ciclope, shots, LIA, NY Festival, One Show, Wave, El Sol, Shark, El Ojo, and FIAP. The Creative 100/WARC ranked it the 49th most awarded campaign of 2018 and the 67th most awarded campaign of 2019.
Recently, in 2023, Squarehead won a Clio Entertainment Award for CBLOL Riot Games in three different categories (Gold in Direction, Silver in Live Action/Trailer, and Silver in Film), and for the same campaign, he received an El Ojo (Silver in Audiovisual Production).