Born in 1979, Allan Ribeiro graduated in Film from UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has written and directed five feature films, which have received numerous awards in Brazil: ESSE AMOR QUE NOS CONSOME (2012), MAIS DO QUE EU POSSA ME RECONHECER (2015), O DIA DA POSSE (2021), MAIS UM DIA, ZONA NORTE (2023), and COPACABANA, 4 DE MAIO (2025). He has also written and directed 14 short films. In 2021, the Museum of Modern Art (MAM – RJ) invited him to a 20-year retrospective of his career.