Walter Salles
Brazilian film director, screenwriter and film producer · Brazil · On the map · Directors · Born 1956 · age 70
Walter Moreira Salles Júnior is a Brazilian filmmaker. A major figure of the Resumption Cinema in Brazil, Salles is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in Brazilian cinema.
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I'm Still HereFilm, Director, Producer2020
Burning NightFilm, Producer2019
The Freitas BrothersSeries, Creator
HomingFilm, 2019Producer2016
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from FenyangFilm, Director, Writer2013
Habi, The ForeignerFilm, Producer2010
The Two Deaths of Quincas WateryellFilm, Producer2008
Café de los maestrosFilm, Producer2007
To Each His Own CinemaFilm, Director2005Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'Film2002
At the Edge of the EarthFilm2001
Behind the SunFilm, Director, Writer1996
Foreign LandFilm, Director, Writer1995
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star TributeFilm, Director1989
Marisa Monte: MM ao VivoFilm, Director1956Born12 April 1956People around Walter
Fernanda Torres Walter directed I'm Still Here and Midnight
Othon Bastos Walter directed Central Station (2018)
Vinícius de Oliveira Walter directed Behind the Sun (2002)
Karim Aïnouz Also in Behind the Sun and Madame Satã
Daniela Thomas Also in Foreign Land and Midnight
Sérgio Machado Also in Behind the Sun and Madame Satã
Paulo José Walter directed A Grande Arte (1991)
Alice Braga Walter directed On the Road (2013)
Rodrigo Santoro Walter directed Behind the Sun (2002)
Lázaro Ramos Walter produced Lower City and Madame Satã
Marcélia Cartaxo Walter produced Madame Satã and Suely in the Sky
Matheus Nachtergaele Walter produced Central Station (2018)
Gero Camilo Walter directed Behind the Sun (2002)
Willem Dafoe Walter directed Paris, je t'aime (2006)
Steve Buscemi Walter directed Paris, je t'aime and On the Road
Roberto Rossellini Influenced Walter
Fernanda Montenegro Walter directed I'm Still Here (2025)
Tchéky Karyo Walter directed A Grande Arte and Foreign Land
Wagner Moura Walter directed Behind the Sun (2002)
Arthur Cohn Produced Central Station and Behind the Sun
Mercedes Moran Walter directed The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Donald Ranvaud Produced Central Station (1998)
Raul Cortez Walter directed A Grande Arte (1991)
Amanda Pays Walter directed A Grande Arte (1991)
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City of God 2002
Central Station 1998
I'm Still Here 2024
The Motorcycle Diaries 2004
Behind the Sun 2001
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
85 credits on file
Television 2
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His accolades include an Academy Award accepted for Best International Film, three Cannes Film Festival prizes, three Venice Film Festival prizes, two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Bear and a Golden Globe.
