Stavros began his career writing, directing and producing for the theater. In his first play in 2001 - Clube Privê - A Comedy in the Foolish 70's - was a box office record at Bibi Ferreira Theater. Bravo (magazine) called it one of the 10 best comedies in the country. His last play was the musical Ceará Show - Agora eu Conheço, written in 2016 in partnership with Silvio Guindane, receiving 11 nominations for the Quimera Theater Award, earning 6, among them Best Play and Best Author.

He founded Produção Carioca, where he signed the creation and direction of more than 30 institutional movies. He also created a content factory, where he began to develop his audiovisual projects for cinema and television shows and series.

In the cinema's industry, began acquiring the rights of the biography of the world champion Eder Jofre for the movie 10 Seconds. His first project as Showrunner - where he is creator, screenwriter and producer, produced by Globo Filmes, in partnership with Tambellini Filmes, directed by José Alvarenga Jr. It premiered on September 27, 2018. On August 25, 2018 the film was awarded by 2 Kikitos at the Gramado Film Festival. The best actor for Osmar Prado (Kid Jofre), and the best supporting actor for Ricardo Gelli (Zumbanão).

He also collaborated with Gonzaga - de Pai para Filho by Breno Silveira. In 2016 he wrote the movie Federal Police - No One is Above the Law, directed by Marcelo Antunez, which opened in 2017, hitting the national box office record of the same year.

For TV, he began as one of the writers of the hit series Acerto de Contas, produced by Mariza Leão and directed by José Joffily for MultiShow, beating audience record. He also wrote Sem Volta, the first action and adventure series in Brazil, a super production of Record, in partnership with Gustavo Lipsztein.

In 2015, he creates the tv series 1 Against All, where he is also the screenwriter, produced by Conspiração Filmes for Fox Brazil and Latin America, directed by Breno Silveira. It was considered by the media as the Brazilian Breaking Bad. The 1st season of 1 Against All in 2016 increased the channel's audience by 74%, and was nominated for the Golden Nymph Award and the ABRA Screenplay Award. In 2017 was nominated as the best series by the APCA. The protagonist Julio Andrade was nominated for the International Emmy for his performance in the series and won the APCA 2017 award. The second season premiered in 2017 with great success, and was nominated for best drama series to the Emmy 2018. Season 3 premiered in 2018, becoming the Brazilian most watched TV series. Season 4 is under development. And after so much success in Latin America, the series will have a remake produced in Mexico, entirely in Spanish.

In 2018 he starts developing two more TV series and is writing the film Tudo ou Nada, directed by João Jardim, in partnership with Silvio Guindane, about the life of Eike Batista. He also wrote the 2 Shots of Tequila, directed by Juan Zapata, which will be filmed in Los Angeles in 2019.

In 2019 he will lead the production and screenplay of the film based on the authoritative biography of singer-songwriter Bezerra da Silva.

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Thomas Stavros

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