Filmmaker, founder and partner of Mixer. As an advertising film director, he won 41 Lions (11 of them gold) at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, becoming the second most awarded director of the Festival. He is the only Latin American director selected among the 32 best in the world in the Commercial Book (D&AD British Yearbook). João was the creative director and executive producer of 7 feature films and of dozen TV series for different channels as HBO Latin America Originals (El Negocio – 4 seasons); Fox Premium (Rio Heroes and others); Discovery Kids (Vivi), among others.
João was the creative director and executive of “Besouro”, feature film by Disney/BuenaVista/Mixer-Globo Filmes, he won Best Picture in Taormina Festival and in PanAfrican Film Festival (Los Angeles), 3 statues of Brazilian Academy of Cinema (Brazilian Oscar), Filmmaker Award of ReelWorld Film (Toronto), as well as also being nominee in Panorama Special of Berlinale Festival, and more. Tikhomiroff has directed “Saltimbancos Trapalhões: Rumo a Holywood” feature film by Globo Filmes/Mixer/Downtown, and has also been the creator, showrunner and executive producer of the TV series “The Motorcycle Girl” (SBT/FOX) and “Escola de Gênios” (Brainiacs) (Gloob-Globosat).
