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Flavio Alves is a Brazilian writer, film director, and producer. He was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998 with the help of the Immigrants and Refugee Rights Clinic at New York University's School of Law. Shortly thereafter, he attended Columbia University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science. After graduating, Alves worked as an assistant to then-New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
In 2007, Flavio returned to school to study film production at New York University, where he received the Technisphere Award for Outstanding Achievement. Since then, he has directed and produced more than ten films, including The Position directed by Kevin Stocklyn and Art Machine directed Doug Karr. Flavio's work has entered more than 80 film festivals and has received more than 20 awards.
In 2008, Flavio Alves founded Queens Picture LLC, a New York based film production company, and is working on his on first feature film, Tom in America.
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