We had the pleasure of working with Caio Vilela during the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 and in 2020 Covid related assignment. Caio is an excellent TV fixer and helped us pre arrange stories and he was a part of our team for three weeks. He has a huge insight in Brazil and is extremely effective and knows what it takes to make news stories with deadlines, unexpected situations and pressure. And by the way…he’s very very funny, an excellent photographer and a pretty good samba dancer. I don’t hesitate to recommend Caio Vilela to any news crew who wanna do stories from Brazil. If you have any questions you’re welcome to contact me any time.

J’ai travaillé avec Caio sur le film ”Looking for RIO” avec Eric Cantona. Caio a préparé le tournage et participé à la partie sur Sao Paulo. Il a été très efficace et toujours disponible. Ca a été très agréable de travailler avec Caio Vilela.

I have loved working with Caio Vilela on several specialist television projects in Brazil. He is professional and utterly reliable. He picks up the requirements of the production in no time. He is extremely knowledgeable about his country and is, in addition, great company. When I need help on the ground in Brazil in terms of finding locations, contributors and further investigating stories, he is the first person I call. He is, and I know he’ll like the use of the word ‘epic’ here, an ‘epic’ fixer.

Caio is a fantastic fixer and translator. He also happens to be a great photographer and writer. He is friendly, knowledgeable, energetic, intelligent, cheerful… and persistent when you need him to be. We worked together on a shoot with a 13 person crew in northern Brazil where we had to bring equipment into and out of the country. We also had to find and gain access to challenging locations/interviewees. He was fantastic! He is able to help with every logistic you can throw at him. He is well connected and if he doesn’t have the connections, he will find them. I would highly recommend working with Caio and I look forward to working with him again in the future.

Caio is a trusted ear on the ground for news in Brazil. He has a great knowledge of his country and understands the needs of helping put together a network production. Every time when tasked to help the ABC News Latin America Desk, he has performed expertly.

Caio and I worked together on the Discovery ID show Murder In Paradise. Traveling extensively with documentary work and having experienced fixers of all kinds, Caio is simply a cut above. Beyond a fixer, he's an exceptional person–highly intelligent, creative minded, and kind. I want to return to Brazil simply to visit with Caio again!

I am delighted to have this opportunity to recommend Mr. Caio Vilela as a professional journalist and international TV-producer. I have observed Mr. Vilela’s work over several years, and as such, I can personally attest to his diligent working attitude and great human potential. As Senior foreign correspondent for the European TV Channel ARTE, I collaborated several times with him. Mr. Vilela worked first of all in 2008 with us as a producer on a documentary about carbon credits in Sao Paulo. From his very first day of our common work, it was immediately evident that he would be a positive addition to our team. Due to his performance, Mr. Vilela was solicited several times for our channel. Inter alia we worked together with him on a non hazard-free documentary in the Amazonas-region. Mr. Vilela always showed great dedication, social intelligence, security-awareness and he proved that he is very certain of common goals and very dedicated to achieving them. In sum, I found Mr. Caio Vilela to be an especially professional colleague who stood out among his peers for his enthusiasm and eagerness to always provide more. I therefore can enthusiastically recommend him as a journalist, a guide, a producer – and above all – a friend.