Award winning Brazilian filmmaker Duda Leite has always been fascinated by moving images and POP culture.
In 1994 he directed his first short film in São Paulo, Brazil, called SERIAL CLUBER KILLER, inspired by the movies of John Waters and Russ Meyer. This short won the Best Short Film Award at MIX BRAZIL, got an immediate following and became a cult hit. "SERIAL CLUBER KILLER" was also shown at the OUTFEST, in Los Angeles.

In 1995, he directed his second film SELMA & DENISE, a lesbian-trashy punk version of the Hollywood hit Thelma & Louise. It was also shown at the MIX BRAZIL Film Festival.

AFTER THE FOX, a sing-a-long homage to Surf and the music by Burt Bacharach came in 1999 and was shown at various Festivals around the world, including a special screening at the MOCA Miami.

RESMUNGO was his first short filmed in Miami, Florida, in 2005. It was shown at MTV Brazil, and was selected for the FRAMELINE Film Festival in San Francisco, CA.

In 2009 he presented TIKIMENTARY, his first documentary. It premiered at the Hukilau, in Fort Lauderdale and was shown at various film festivals including Tiki Oasis, São Paulo International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival, MIX Brazil and at Otto’s Shrunken Head, in New York City. It won a Special Mention at CINE MUBE, in São Paulo.

Now it’s time to unveil TIKIMENTARY In Search of The Lost Paradise, his first long-feature. Getting even closer to his favorite Tikiphiles, TIKIMENTARY In Search of The Lost Paradise is an intimate portrait of a charming, eccentric, and mostly cheerful group of friends. Starring: Tiki Kiliki, Shag, Lenore “Tikilicious” & Steve Koppleman, Otto von Strohein, Baby Doe, King Kukulele, Marina The Fire Eating Mermaid, Harold Golen, Sunshine Tiki, Suzanne Long, Kelly & Paul Patterson, Nicole & Joe Desmond and the music by The Intoxicators, Martini Kings and many more! TIKIMENTARY In Search of The Lost Paradise had it's World Premiere at the Hukilau Festival in Florida in June. Since then the film has been shown in Festivals in San Diego, California and at the São Paulo International Film Festival (MOSTRA de SP).