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- Paschoal Segreto was born in 1868 in Salerno, Italy. Paschoal was a producer, known for Vistas Nacionais (1902), Surpresas do Carnaval (1908) and Beijos de Amor (1908). Paschoal died on 22 February 1920 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- José Roberto da Cunha Sales is known for Ancoradouro de Pescadores na Baía da Guanabara (1897).
- Director
- Cinematographer
Vittorio Di Maio is known for Bailado de Crianças no Colégio, no Andaraí (1897) and Chegada do Trem em Petrópolis (1897).- Director
- Cinematographer
Afonso Segreto was born in 1875 in Italy. Afonso is known for Vistas Nacionais (1902), Um Colegial Numa Pensão (1908) and Infelicidade de um Velho na Primeria Noite de Casamento (1899).- Actor
- Director
- Cinematographer
Francisco Marzullo was born in 1883 in Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Os Estranguladores (1908), Vivo ou Morto (1916) and A Sertaneja (1924). He died in 1933.- Producer
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- Cinematographer
Francisco Serrador was born in 1878 in Valencia, Spain. He was a producer and director, known for O Cometa (1910), A Serrana (1911) and Crime de Mala (1912). He died on 22 March 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Cinematographer
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- Producer
Antônio Leal was born in 1876 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He was a cinematographer and director, known for A Moreninha (1915), Duelo de Cozinheiras (1908) and Lucíola (1916). He died in 1947 in Brazil.- Producer
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- Cinematographer
Marc Ferrez is known for Triunfo de Nero (1907), Revolta da Chibata (1912) and Nhô Anastácio Chegou de Viagem (1908).- Director
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- Cinematographer
- Producer
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Gilberto Rossi was born on 2 March 1882 in Livorno, Italy. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Ele (1925), Do Rio a São Paulo Para Casar (1922) and O Crime de Cravinhos (1920). He died in 1971 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
João Stamato was born in 1886 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Ubirajara (1919), Imigração e Colonização no Estado de São Paulo (1910) and Perdida (1916). He died in 1951 in Brazil.- Director
- Producer
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Arturo Carrari was born in 1867 in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a director and producer, known for O Crime de Cravinhos (1920), Um Crime no Parque Paulista (1921) and Amor de Mãe (1927). He died in 1935.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Vittorio Capellaro was born in 1877 in Mongrando, Italy. He was a director and producer, known for O Caçador de Diamantes (1934), Fazendo Fitas (1935) and O Guarani (1916). He died in 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Antônio Campos was born in 1877 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a director and cinematographer, known for O Guarani (1916), Inocência (1915) and Inocendia (1915). He died in 1959 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Luiz de Barros was born on 12 September 1893 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and editor, known for Alvorada da Glória (1931), Cavaleiro Negro (1923) and Vivo ou Morto (1916). He was married to Gita de Barros. He died in 1982 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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- Actor
José Medina was born on 14 April 1894 in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Quando Deus Castiga (1919), Canto da Raça (1943) and Do Rio a São Paulo Para Casar (1922). He died on 25 August 1980 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Sound Department
Primo Carbonari was born on 1 January 1920 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a producer and cinematographer, known for O Circo Chegou à Cidade (1954), Aí Vêm os Cadetes (1959) and Eterna Esperança (1940). He died on 21 March 2006 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Producer
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- Editor
Jean Manzon was born in 1915 in Paris, France. He was a producer and director, known for The Skin I Live In (2011), Samba Fantástico (1955) and Le ballet des Jacungos (1969). He died in 1990 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.- Producer
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- Actor
Francisco Santos was born in 1873 in Porto, Portugal. He was a producer and director, known for Amor de Perdição (1914), A Mulher do Chiqueiro (1913) and O Crime dos Banhados (1914). He died in 1937 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Director
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- Actor
Gentil Roiz was born on 16 May 1899 in Canguatarema, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Retribuição (1924), Aitaré da Praia (1925) and Jurando Vingar (1925). He was married to Rilda Fernandes. He died in 1975 in Brazil.- Cinematographer
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Edson Chagas was born in 1901 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Retribuição (1924), Aitaré da Praia (1925) and Jurando Vingar (1925). He died in 1958 in Brazil.- Director
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- Producer
Eduardo Abelim is known for O Castigo do Orgulho (1927), O Pecado da Vaidade (1932) and Em Defesa da Irmã (1926).- Cinematographer
José Picoral is known for Revelação (1929) and O Castigo do Orgulho (1927).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Pioneer of Brazilian cinema. Humberto Mauro began his career in the provinces in 1926 and was brought to Rio de Janeiro by producer-director Adhemar Gonzaga in 1930. He went on to direct several features which were praised for their uniquely Brazilian style - notably Ganga Bruta (1933) - as well as making over 230 shorts for the National Institute of Educational Cinema. Several of the latter, including A Velha a Fiar (1964), became classics of the genre.- Producer
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Wallace Downey was born on 14 May 1902 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Cousas Nossas (1931), Alô, Alô, Brasil (1935) and Estudantes (1935). He died on 13 March 1967 in New York City, New York, USA.- Director
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With just one film Mario Peixoto left a mark on cinema with his acclaimed masterpiece Limit (1931). The surrealistic and artistic film launched his film career but unfortunately due to several circumstances he never managed to release another film and outdo himself. Many Brazilian filmmakers were heavily influenced by the powerful images he created in Limit (1931).
Peixoto was born on 25 March, 1908 in Brussels, Belgium but some sources claim he was born in Rio de Janeiro. Coming from a wealthy family he went to study in England and at the time he dreamed of being an actor but his family against it. When he returned to Brazil after studying the films he saw abroad, during an informal conversation with friends about creating a new Brazilian cinema, more artistic and original, he was convinced to write a project that later on was accepted. That project was Limit (1931) and the rest is history. At age 21 he was writing, directing, producing and acting on the film, later on considered one of the greatest Brazilian films ever made.
His subsequent project "Onde a Terra Acaba" which starred his friend Carmen Santos was lost on a fire; and his third "Maré Baixa" never got filmed but he continued to write screenplays and ideas for a new film and even tried to return to directing many years after his classic film was released. Slightly recluse, sometimes he was interviewed and appeared in the short documentary O Homem do Morcego (1980).- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Adhemar Gonzaga was born on 26 August 1901 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a producer and actor, known for Alô Alô Carnaval (1936), Pif-Paf (1945) and Loucos Por Música (1945). He was married to Didi Viana. He died on 29 January 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Producer
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- Director
Carmen Santos was born on 8 June 1904 in Vila Flor, Distrito de Bragança, Portugal. She was a producer and actress, known for Sangue mineiro (1929), Inconfidência Mineira (1948) and Cidade-Mulher (1936). She died on 24 September 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Writer
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Oduvaldo Vianna was born in 1892 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for El hombre que nació dos veces (1938), Quase no Céu (1949) and Bonequinha de Seda (1936). He was married to Abigail Maia. He died on 30 May 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Director
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Chianca de Garcia was born on 14 May 1898 in Lisbon, Portugal. Chianca was a director and writer, known for Ver e Amar! (1930), O Trevo de Quatro Folhas (1936) and Pureza (1940). Chianca died in January 1983 in Brazil.- Director
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Born in Brazil in 1897, Alberto Cavalcanti began his film career in France in 1920, working as writer, art director and director. He directed the avant-garde documentary Nothing But Time (1926) ("Nothing but Time"), a portrait of the lives of Parisian workers in a single day. He moved to England in 1933 to join the GPO Film Unit under John Grierson, working as a sound engineer (Night Mail (1936)) then as a producer. He went to work for Ealing Studios during the war, initially as head of Michael Balcon's short film unit until 1946, again working as an art director, producer and director. His notable films as director include Champagne Charlie (1944), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) and I Became a Criminal (1947). After the latter film he moved back to Brazil. There he made Song of the Sea (1953) ("The Song of the Sea") and A Real Woman (1954) ("Woman of Truth") with his own production company. However, his progressive political views caught the attention of the the right-wing Brazilian authorities, and Cavalcanti thought it prudent to return to Europe in 1954. He eventually settled in France, where he continued his work in television. He died in Paris in 1982.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
H.E. Fowle was born on 24 December 1915 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Ângela (1951), The Bandit (1953) and Maniacs on Wheels (1949). He died on 16 June 1995 in Warwickshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Tom Payne was born on 4 October 1914 in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Sinhá Moça (1953), Ângela (1951) and Sai da Frente (1952). He was married to Eliane Lage. He died on 15 September 1996 in Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.- Actor
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Luciano Salce was born on 25 September 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Colpo di stato (1969), Crazy Desire (1962) and Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974). He was married to Jole Bertolazzi and Diletta D'Andrea. He died on 17 December 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Sicilian born actor/writer/director was very popular with European audiences, but largely unknown to the west apart from his portrayal of the villainous SPECTRE agent "Emilio Largo" in the spectacular James Bond film Thunderball (1965). However, due to his heavy accent, Celi's voice was dubbed by Robert Rietty. Two years later Celi popped up in the appalling James Bond spoof Operation Kid Brother (1967) starring Neil Connery brother of Sean Connery.
Additional to his many film appearances in Italian productions, Celi spent many years on stage in South America to very positive reviews, and directed three films made in South America, Caiçara (1950), Tico-Tico no fuba (1952)_ and L'Alibi (1969)_.
He passed away on February 19th 1986 from a heart attack.- John Waterhouse is known for Caiçara (1950).
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Oswaldo Sampaio was born in 1912 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for Sinhá Moça (1953), O Preço da Vitória (1959) and A Marcha (1972). He was married to Vera Sampaio. He died on 13 January 1996 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Ugo Lombardi was born on 19 July 1911 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hóspede de Uma Noite (1951), É Proibido Beijar (1954) and Somos Dois (1950). He died on 6 July 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Director
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Flaminio Bollini was born on 29 January 1924 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Na Senda do Crime (1954), L'ebreo errante (1948) and Ritratto di donna velata (1975). He died on 11 December 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
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- Actor
Abilio Pereira de Almeida was born on 26 February 1906 in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and producer, known for Ângela (1951), Sai da Frente (1952) and Nadando em Dinheiro (1952). He died on 11 May 1977 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Actor
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- Producer
One of the most known and loved film artists in Brazil. He was an actor, director and producer who worked in, at least, 32 movie projects in within 1950 and early 1980's, when he passed away. Despite the fact that his movies were never well accepted by the film critics, his movies always sold out tickets to movie theaters. We can measure his importance through the way he has, until today, influenced filmmakers in Brazil. A museum in his tribute was created in Taubate (Sao Paulo) at the place where it used to be the studio that he built to film his movies. Some in Brazil labeled him as one of the "Fathers" of Brazilian cinema.- Writer
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Lima Barreto was born on 23 June 1906 in Casa Branca, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for The Bandit (1953), A Primeira Missa (1961) and Quelé do Pajeú (1970). He was married to Arassary de Oliveira. He died on 23 November 1982 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.- Producer
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Mário Audrá was born in 1921 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a producer and actor, known for Vou Te Contá (1958), Carnaval em Lá Maior (1955) and Arara Vermelha (1957). He died on 15 September 2004 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Director
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Ruggero Jacobbi was born on 21 February 1920 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and producer, known for Suzana e o Presidente (1950), Presença de Anita (1951) and Esquina da Ilusão (1953). He was married to Mara Dragoni and Daisy Santana. He died on 9 June 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Producer
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- Director
Mário Civelli was born in 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and actor, known for O Grande Desconhecido (1957), Bruma Seca (1960) and Chamas no cafezal (1954). He was married to Maria Dilnah. He died in 1993 in Brazil.- Director
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- Producer
Tito Batini is known for Luar do Sertão (1949), Se a Cidade Contasse (1957) and Escrava Isaura (1929).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Ernesto Remani was born on 6 February 1906 in Meran, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy]. He was an assistant director and director, known for Sob o Céu da Bahia (1956), L'isola del sogno (1947) and Die Schönste (1957). He died on 12 December 1966 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Writer
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- Director
Cassiano Gabus Mendes was born on 29 July 1929 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and producer, known for Que Rei Sou Eu? (1989), TV de Vanguarda (1952) and Elas por Elas (1982). He was married to Elenita Sanchez. He died on 18 August 1993 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Writer
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Walter George Durst was born on 15 June 1922 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for Nina (1977), Gabriela (1975) and Paixão de Gaúcho (1957). He was married to Bárbara Fazio. He died on 24 August 1997 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Director
- Sound Department
- Producer
Moacyr Fenelon was born on 5 November 1903 in Muriaé, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a director and producer, known for Obrigado, Doutor (1948), Fantasma Por Acaso (1946) and Gente Honesta (1944). He died on 14 August 1953 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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José Carlos Burle was born on 19 July 1910 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Depois Eu Conto (1956), É com Este Que Eu Vou (1948) and O Gol da Vitória (1945). He died on 23 October 1983 in Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil.- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alinor Azevedo was born in 1914 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alinor was a writer and assistant director, known for Depois Eu Conto (1956), Moleque Tião (1943) and Luz dos Meus Olhos (1947). Alinor died in 1974.- Luiz Severiano Ribeiro was born on 3 June 1886 in Baturité, Ceará, Brazil. He was a producer, known for Lana, Queen of the Amazons (1964), Encontro com a Morte (1965) and Querida Susana (1947). He died on 1 December 1974 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Watson Macedo was born in 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for Rio, Verão & Amor (1966), É Fogo na Roupa (1952) and Rio Fantasia (1956). He died on 8 April 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Writer
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- Actress
Gilda de Abreu was born on 23 September 1904 in Paris, France. She was a writer and director, known for Coração Materno (1951), O Ébrio (1946) and Pinguinho de Gente (1949). She was married to Vicente Celestino. She died on 4 June 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Mesquitinha was born in 1902 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was an actor and director, known for Onde Estás Felicidade? (1939), Está Tudo Aí (1939) and João Ninguém (1936). He died in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Duarte left his hometown, at 14, and moved to São Paulo where he started working as a typist in an accounting office. In the early 1940s, after graduating in Economics, he went to Rio de Janeiro, where he had a bit-part on It's All True (1943). He then made some appearances in radio soap operas and worked as a writer and reporter for the 'Observatório Econômico e Financeiro' newspaper.
His big break debut as a leading actor came with Italian director Alberto Pieralisi's film Querida Susana (1947). The following year, Duarte was hired by 'Atlântida Empresa Cinematográfica do Brasil', performing in Terra Violenta (1949) and becoming one of the biggest heartthrobs on Brazilian movie screens. In 1951, he switches to 'Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz', another important Brazilian film studio of the time, commanding the highest salary of its contract players.
in 1957, he returned to São Paulo and began his career as a director, with the short documentary 'Fazendo Cinema' followed by a feature film. He left for Europe during a few years, where he appeared in several productions in Portugal, France, and Spain.
Back in Brazil in 1961, he decided to buy the rights to the play 'O Pagador de Promessas', by playwright Dias Gomes, and adapted it to the screen, with the co-production of Oswaldo Massaini. In 1962, the film was selected to represent Brazil at the XV International Film Festival in Cannes, where it won the 'Palme d'Or'. In the same year, it is awarded in more than ten festivals in Brazil and abroad.
His participation in Independência ou Morte (1972) influenced him to become a Freemason. In 1979, he made his only telenovela appearance, guest starring in Feijão Maravilha (1979).
In 2008, at 88, Duarte founded the 'Instituto Anselmo Duarte', a cultural organization dedicated to restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, became the institute's president.- Director
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Carlos Manga was born on 6 January 1928 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and producer, known for One Heart (2004), Vamos com Calma (1956) and O Marginal (1974). He was married to Inalda de Carvalho and Denise. He died on 17 September 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Alex Viany was born on 4 November 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for A Noiva da Cidade (1978), Rua Sem Sol (1954) and Sol Sobre a Lama (1963). He died on 1 November 1992.- Director
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos was born on 22 October 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Memórias do Cárcere (1984), O Amuleto de Ogum (1974) and Tenda dos Milagres (1977). He was married to Ivelise Ferreira. He died on 21 April 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Writer
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- Producer
Roberto Santos was born in a working-class suburb of São Paulo in 1928. Started his cinema activities around 1952, in the first big studio built in Brazil, the Vera Cruz Studio. In 1956 makes his first movie, "O Grande Momento" ("The Great Momment"), the first neo- realistic movie made in Brazil. In 1965 Roberto Santos adapts a short novel by Guimarães Rosa, "A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga" ("Matraga"), the only successful adaptation to cinema of a work by Guimarães Rosa, the most important name in Brazilian literature in the 20th century. The movie goes to the Cannes Festival and it is well received. During the late 60s and 70s his career is marked by problems with the censorship. Nevertheless, he directs more 6 movies, among them the two experimental movies "Vozes do Medo" ("Voices of Fear") -- a movie with the structure of a magazine -- and "As Três Mortes de Solano" ("The Three Deaths of Solano"), an experiment where the same plot is told three times, first in the fantastic realm, then as a realistic plot, and finally as a circus pantomime. Meanwhile he works in TV and directing commercials. The success of an adaptation for TV of another Guimarães Rosa's story prompts him to write a screenplay for the marvelous short novel "Campo Geral", about a kid growing in the back-country of Brazil. After months of trouble to obtain the rights, the project is abandoned, and he decides to tackle another myth of Brazilian literature, 'Machado de Assis'. His last movie, "Quincas Borba", recreates Machado de Assis's fin-de-siècle universe in the troubled 80s. Roberto Santos died of a heart attack at the São Paulo airport, just after returning from the Festival of Gramado, where "Quincas Borba" was shown and heavily criticized by a click of critics.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José Hipólito Trigueirinho Neto was born in 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil. José Hipólito Trigueirinho was a director and writer, known for Bahia de Todos os Santos (1960), Caiçara (1950) and Die Windrose (1957). José Hipólito Trigueirinho died on 15 September 2018 in Carmo da Cachoeira, Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil.- Director
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He studied Law. He also directed theatre pieces, wrote movie criticisms and took part in the creation and development of the 'cinema novo' movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After "Barravento (1962)", a trilogy of films and "Antonio das Mortes (1969)" he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of the May of 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. But when he started to film in Africa and Spain his followers were distracted and this marked the beginning of the decline of his fame. Thus, he only made a couple of films of minor interest later on.- Director
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Ruy Guerra left his studies in Portugal for to go to the School of Cinema in Paris. After having worked as assistant for various French directors he moved to Brasil and participated with his first two films in the birth of the "Cinema Novo": "Os Cafajestes (1962)" and "Os Fuzis (1964)" which won some international prizes. After an intermediate time in France where he made "Sweet Hunters (1969)" he returned to Brazil and went on filming there.- Director
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Paulo César Saraceni was born on 5 November 1933 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for The Murdered House (1971), O Viajante (1998) and Capitu (1968). He was married to Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva. He died on 14 April 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Gustavo Dahl was born on 8 October 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and editor, known for Uirá, Um Índio em Busca de Deus (1973), Tensão no Rio (1982) and O Bravo Guerreiro (1968). He was married to Maria Lúcia Dahl. He died on 27 June 2011 in Trancoso, State of Bahia, Brazil.- Writer
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- Director
Domingos de Oliveira was born on 28 September 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966), Amores (1998) and Barata Ribeiro, 716 (2016). He was married to Priscilla Rozenbaum, Leila Diniz and Nazareth Ohana. He died on 23 March 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Producer
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Carlos Diegues was born on 19 May 1940 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is a producer and director, known for Xica (1976), O Maior Amor do Mundo (2006) and Better Days Ahead (1989). He has been married to Renata Maria de Almeida Magalhães since 1982. They have one child. He was previously married to Nara Leão.- Director
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- Producer
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade was born on 25 May 1932 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Macunaima (1969), Guerra Conjugal (1974) and The Brazilwood Man (1982). He was married to Cristina Aché, Sarah de Castro Barbosa and Ana Maria Galano. He died on 10 September 1988 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Rogério Sganzerla was born on 4 May 1946 in Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for The Red Light Bandit (1968), O Signo do Caos (2005) and A Mulher de Todos (1969). He was married to Helena Ignez. He died on 9 January 2004 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Director
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Júlio Bressane was born on 13 February 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Sentimental Education (2013), Tabu (1982) and A Love Movie (2003).- Director
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Roberto Farias was born on 27 March 1932 in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982), O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973) and Cidade Ameaçada (1960). He died on 14 May 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Bruno Barreto was born on 16 March 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Reaching for the Moon (2013), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) and Four Days in September (1997). He was previously married to Amy Irving.- Director
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Neville de Almeida was born in 1941 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991), Rio Babilonia (1983) and The Seven Kittens (1980).- Director
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Hector Babenco was born on 7 February 1946 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Carandiru (2003), Pixote (1980) and Foolish Heart (1998). He was married to Bárbara Paz, Xuxa Lopes and Raquel Arnaud. He died on 13 July 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Writer
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Arnaldo Jabor was born on 12 December 1940 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973), Tudo Bem (1978) and I Love You (1981). He was married to Suzana Villas Boas. He died on 15 February 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.- Director
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Sergio Bianchi was born in 1945 in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Cronicamente Inviável (2000), A Causa Secreta (1994) and Os Inquilinos (2009).- Director
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- Cinematographer
Hermanno Penna was born in 1945 in Crato, Ceará, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Sargento Getúlio (1983), Mário (2000) and Voo Cego Rumo Sul (2004).- Director
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André Klotzel studied cinema at the University of São Paulo in the 70s. While in graduate school, he directed the first short films and simultaneously started to work professionally in feature films as an assistant in different positions (production, editing, photography). After finishing school, André Klotzel continued as assistant director (including two years with Nelson Pereira dos Santos), besides production coordinator in publicity films and participation in documentaries and short films. The first feature as writer and director, A Marvada Carne, was in Cannes Critics Week (1985), and won several prizes in Brazil. It was a critic success, and also had a substantial commercial result in Brazil, screened in other 10 countries. André founded, with three other colleagues, a production company called and from then on he always dedicated his time to produce films in the company, direct short-movies and TV films for others, besides trying to set up new individual projects, all alternately. His next movie, Capitalismo Selvagem, was made during a Brazilian cinema crisis and had funds coming from ZDF (Das Kleine Fernsehspiel) and Fond Sud (France). The third feature, Memórias Póstumas, was a period-film adapted from a Brazilian classical novel, which he produced, wrote, directed, and edited. The movie was in Berlin's Panorama and other international festivals, besides having national recognition among critics, prizes, and a fairly reasonable theatrical audience.- Director
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Sergio Toledo was born in 1956 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He is a director and editor, known for Vera (1986), Das Tripas Coração (1982) and Braços Cruzados, Máquinas Paradas (1979).- Director
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Silvio Tendler was born in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Os anos JK - Uma Trajetória Política (1981), Jango (1984) and Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta (1999).- Director
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Vladimir Carvalho was born on 31 January 1935 in Itabaiana, Paraíba, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Conterrâneos Velhos de Guerra (1991), Rock Brasília: Era de Ouro (2011) and O País de São Saruê (1971).- Director
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Eduardo Coutinho was born on 11 May 1933 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Edifício Master (2002), Santo Forte (1999) and Babilônia 2000 (1999). He was married to Maria das Dores de Oliveira. He died on 2 February 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actress
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Carla Camurati was born on 14 October 1960 and worked as a biology teacher before she became an actress. Her first film was "O Olho Mágico do Amor" (1981). For this work she got a prize of Best Supporting Actress. She then begun a successful career on television working in soap operas like "Sol de Verão" (1982), "Livre para Voar" (1984) and "Fera Radical" (1988). In 1983 she took photos for Playboy. In 1985 she got a Gramado Prize for her role in "A Estrela Nua". In 1987 she won the Kikito prize for her role in "Eternamente Pagu". In this year she also directed her first film, but her first success as a director was "Carlota Joaquina" (1995). In 2001 Carla directed "Copapcabana", starred by Marco Nanini. According to a recent interview, Carla and Nanini had long conversation and so Carla got interested in "Irma Vap - O retorno", a play Nanini stars with long time friend Ney Latorraca. Carla then decided to adapt the play for the cinema.- Director
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Walter Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Central Station (1998), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Terra Estrangeira (1995). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.- Director
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Fábio Barreto was the youngest son of a well-known family of producers in Brazil, including his grandmother Lucíola Villela, father Luiz Carlos Barreto and mother Lucy Barreto. He acted in his brother Bruno's first short when he was 9 years old, and since then became active in the Brazilian film industry as assistant director, actor, production assistant, production manager and director, until his death in 2019.- Director
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Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.
He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of awards in Brazilian video festivals. After that, the group formed a small independent company called Olhar Eletrônico.
After working in independent television during nine years, in the eighties, Meirelles gravitated towards publicity and commercials. He also became the director of a very popular 180 episodes of a children's television show called Ra Tim Bum.
In the early 90s, together with Paulo Morelli and Andrea Barata Ribeiro, he opened the O2 Filmes production company which became the biggest production company in Brasil working from development until distribution, including complete post-production facilities.
His first feature,in 1998, was the family film "Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura". His next feature, "Domésticas" (2001), exposed the invisible world of five Brazilian maids in São Paulo and their secret dreams and desires.
In 1997 he read the Brazilian best-seller "Cidade de Deus/City of God", written by Paulo Lins, and decided to turn it into a movie despite an the intimidating story that involves more than 350 characters. Once the the screenplay, written by Bráulio Mantovani, was ready, Meirelles gathered a crew mixed with professional technicians and inexperienced actors chosen between the youngsters living in the favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro.
The film was a huge success in Brazil and began to attract attention around the world, after it screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. "Cidade de Deus/City of God" (2003) has won nore than 50 awards from film festivals and societies all over the world, as well as four 2004 Oscar nominations, including a Best Director for Fernando Meirelles.
Since 2002 , Meirelles has split his time between international feature and TV series in Brazil. The Constant Gardner (2005,) had four Academy nominations plus four Golden Globes. Blindness (2008) opened Cannes. 360 (2011) opened the LFF. In the same period he directed several series for TV Globo and HBO in Brazil.
In addition to cinema, Meirelles directed Bizet's opera , Pearl Fishers, and was one of the directors of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2019 Meirelles finished The Two Popes, for Netflix, and start filming a scientific documentary on the soil.
Apart from cinema, Meirelles is also a farmer. He plants sugar cane, coffee, palm heart, avocado, and mahogany. He is developing ways to produce organically n large scale. Agroforest is his bet.
In the next few years, his plan is to be involved in projects related to the environmental crisis and climate emergency. Meirelles is not optimistic about the future of our species and, in a shorter period, neither in the future of his grandchildren, which is very sad. --- Director
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Kátia Lund was born in 1966 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She is a director and writer, known for City of God (2002), News from a Personal War (1999) and Anaconda (1997).- Producer
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He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the 2014 remake of RoboCop. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008. He is also the producer and director of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura.- Producer
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Marcos Farias was born in 1935 in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He was a producer and writer, known for Fogo morto (1976), A Cartomante (1974) and Bububu no Bobobó (1980). He died in 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Writer
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Miguel Borges was born on 21 February 1937 in Picos, Piauí, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for Consórcio de Intrigas (1980), Pecado na Sacristia (1975) and Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte (1967). He was married to Maria Elisa Garcia. He died on 17 June 2013 in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil.- Director
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One of the most important Brazilian directors of all time, Leon Hirszman is best remembered for the realistic manner of dealing with social and political themes in his works, from documentaries to feature films. His career started with a segment filmed for Cinco vezes Favela (1962) and The Deceased (1965) marked as his first feature film, an adaptation of Nelson Rodrigues classic play, and also marked as José Wilker's acting film debut. _São Bernardo (1972) was a major turning point in his career, a film lauded by audiences and critics, winning multiple awards and Hirszman name became well-known in film circles.
With They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981), by following the current wave in politics and social economical issues such as the strikes for better working conditions in automobile plants which happened in the late 1970's during the military regime, intertwining its story with a family's division, Hirszman conquered audiences and the critics again with his memorable sequences and a power driven story. The film won three awards at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Lion as well. This adaptation of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri celebrated play - who also acted in the leading role - was a massive hit. Around the making of this film, Hirszman was filming the real events that also inspired this film in ABC da Greve (1990), which was released a few years after his death.
During the last year of his life, he managed to release three different projects: his final feature films A Barca do Sol (1987), and Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano (1987) and the short documentary Imagens do Inconsciente (1987). He died on September 15, 1987 due to complication of AIDS, having been diagnosed in 1986 due to a blood transfusion. Along with ABC da Greve (1990), the documentary Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996) was released posthumously.- Director
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Linduarte Noronha was born in 1930 in Ferreiros, Pernambuco, Brazil. Linduarte was a director and writer, known for O Salário da Morte (1971) and Aruanda (1960). Linduarte died on 30 January 2012 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.- Editor
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Roberto Pires was born on 29 September 1934 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was an editor and writer, known for Césio 137 - O Pesadelo de Goiânia (1990), Abrigo Nuclear (1981) and Em Busca do Su$exo (1970). He died on 27 June 2001 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.- Director
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Olney São Paulo was born on 7 August 1936 in Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for O Grito da Terra (1964), Ciganos do Nordeste (1976) and O Forte (1974). He died on 15 February 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Director
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Helena Solberg was born in 1942 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She is a director and producer, known for Vida de Menina (2003), Double Day (1976) and Palavra (en)cantada (2008).- Cinematographer
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Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias was born on 5 November 1922 in Cajubi, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a cinematographer and director, known for A Herança (1970), O Vigilante (1992) and A Opção (1981). He died on 8 February 2007 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Director
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Walter Lima Jr. was born on 26 November 1938 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for The Oyster and the Wind (1997), Os Desafinados (2008) and Plantation Boy (1965). He was previously married to Telma Costa and Anecy Rocha.- Actor
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José Mojica Marins was born on March 13, 1936 in San Paulo, Brazil, to a family of simple means. José's love of movies began at an early age. He spent a great deal of his time with his family at the local movie house, which his father helped manage. By the time he was eighteen, he had completed over eighty films. From his earliest years, his interest has been in horror movies or ones that offer shocking social commentary.
When José was offered the lead role of "Coffin Joe" in Brazil's first full-length horror movie "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul", the character quickly became his trademark. His look included a black top hat, suit and cape. Initially, he wore long artificial nails, but for over thirty years, grew his own nails to grotesque lengths. He finally cut his famous nails in 1998.
Interestingly, the first two "Coffin Joe" movies from the 1960s, "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul" and "This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse", are now officially part of a trilogy. José completed filming of the third "Coffin Joe" film in December, 2006, more than forty years after the release of the first film in the series. Fans will be pleased to know that this new movie, "The Embodiment of Evil" is expected to be released in the summer of 2008.
Those who would like some interesting insights into José Mojica Marins' unique world may wish to view the documentary of his life. The movie is called "Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins" and was produced in 2001.