The No Lie Productions Team We are a hands-on production company that specializes in quality service.  By quality we mean we only work with the best: Brazilian and foreign professionals who are used to filming with international productions and speak several languages. After 22 years and countless productions, we know who is reliable and what everyone's strengths and weaknesses are. We shape the team according to your needs, whether you're looking for a complete crew, a director, producer, DP, sound recordist or underwater cameraperson. John Maier JOHN MAIER is a journalist, photographer and videographer, as well as director and producer,  who has been living in Rio de Janeiro since 1985. His work has been featured in the world's leading publications and networks. He won an Emmy and Amnesty Award for his work on Kids Behind Bars (BBC/Discovery), a documentary on child prisons,  and an Emmy and a Peabody Award for human rights for his work on Slavery (HBO/Channel 4). He was the local producer and helped shoot the Brazil portion of Pandemic: Facing AIDS (HBO), and was the sole researcher and producer for Lonely Planet/Discovery's Six Degrees Rio de Janeiro. Ricardo Gomes filming in a slum Ricardo Gomes RICARDO GOMES is a complete one-man media whiz. He is an accomplished videographer, photo and video editor, filmmaker, and photojournalist/studio photographer (and a better surfer than John!).  He has worked for top Brazilian and international publications such as O Globo, The New York Times, Spiegel, and Adrenaline Magazine. He specializes in covering nature and extreme sports, but he also films, edits and produces institutional videos for companies and non-government organizations. He is a master with lighting and is often called to do fashion shoots, as well as company reports and advertisements. Ricardo is a true ocean man and loves to scuba dive and shoot underwater video. He lives with his wife Adriana and their three poodles a few blocks from both Ipanema and Copacabana beaches. He speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.