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Walter Salles

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Walter Salles at an event for Carnets de voyage (2004)
With historic success on the awards circuit, especially for star Fernanda Torres, the Brazilian historical drama 'I'm Still Here' (2024) has deep familial ties to its real-life subjects and behind the scenes. 'Central Station' (1998) and 'The Motorcycle Diaries' (2004) director Walter Salles has been close to the Paiva family for over 50 years, including matriarch Eunice Paiva, who held her family together in the face of a cruel military dictatorship.
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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 do Brasil (1998), Je suis toujours là (2024) and Carnets de voyage (2004). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.
BornApril 12, 1956
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BornApril 12, 1956
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    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 83 wins & 45 nominations total

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    Known for

    Fernanda Montenegro and Vinícius de Oliveira in Central do Brasil (1998)
    Central do Brasil
    8.0
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1998
    Selton Mello, Fernanda Torres, Cora Mora, and Guilherme Silveira in Je suis toujours là (2024)
    Je suis toujours là
    8.4
    Movie
    • Director
    • 2024
    Carnets de voyage (2004)
    Carnets de voyage
    7.7
    Movie
    • Director
    • 2004
    Terre lointaine (1995)
    Terre lointaine
    7.4
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1995

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    Director

    • The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
      • Director
      • In Development
    • Selton Mello, Fernanda Torres, Cora Mora, and Guilherme Silveira in Je suis toujours là (2024)
      Je suis toujours là
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Slim Gaillard, Coati Mundi, and The Slim Gaillard Trio in Yep Roc Heresy (2023)
      Yep Roc Heresy
      5.5
      Music Video
      • Director ("On The Road" footage)
      • 2023
    • Quando a Terra Treme (2017)
      Quando a Terra Treme
      6.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Where Has the Time Gone? (2017)
      Where Has the Time Gone?
      5.4
      • Director (segment "When the earth trembles")
      • 2017
    • Jia Zhang-ke in Jia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang (2014)
      Jia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
      Venice 70: Future Reloaded
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Kristen Stewart in Sur la route (2012)
      Sur la route
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Stories on Human Rights (2008)
      Stories on Human Rights
      5.3
      • Director (segment "Voyage")
      • 2008
    • Une famille brésilienne (2008)
      Une famille brésilienne
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
      Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence
      6.7
      • Director (segment "A 8 944 km de Cannes")
      • 2007
    • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
      Paris, je t'aime
      7.2
      • Director (segment "Loin du 16e")
      • 2006
    • Dark Water (2005)
      Dark Water
      5.6
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2005
    • Carnets de voyage (2004)
      Carnets de voyage
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Armas e Paz
      5.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic (2002)
      Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
      5.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2002

    Producer

    • Les aventuriers de l'arche de Noé (2024)
      Les aventuriers de l'arche de Noé
      4.3
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Marin des montagnes (2021)
      Marin des montagnes
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Amazonie - Enquête au coeur des luttes indigènes (2019)
      Amazonie - Enquête au coeur des luttes indigènes
      7.4
      • associate producer
      • 2019
    • Querência (2019)
      Querência
      5.9
      • co-producer
      • 2019
    • Deslembro (2018)
      Deslembro
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Quando a Terra Treme (2017)
      Quando a Terra Treme
      6.0
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Aquarius (2016)
      Aquarius
      7.4
      • co-producer
      • 2016
    • Paulina (2015)
      Paulina
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Maria Luísa Mendonça, Martín Slipak, Diego Velázquez, María Florencia Álvarez, Martina Juncadella, Paloma Alvarez, Paula Baldini, and Lucía Alfonsín in Habi, la extranjera (2013)
      Habi, la extranjera
      5.9
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Kristen Stewart in Sur la route (2012)
      Sur la route
      6.0
      • associate producer (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Construção (2011)
      Construção
      2.6
      • associate producer
      • 2011
    • Transeunte (2010)
      Transeunte
      6.4
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • Quincas Berro d'Água (2010)
      Quincas Berro d'Água
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2010
    • No Meu Lugar (2009)
      No Meu Lugar
      5.8
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Une famille brésilienne (2008)
      Une famille brésilienne
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2008

    Writer

    • La contadora de películas (2023)
      La contadora de películas
      6.6
      • writer
      • 2023
    • Irmãos Freitas (2019)
      Irmãos Freitas
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Jia Zhang-ke in Jia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang (2014)
      Jia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang
      7.1
      • concept
      • 2014
    • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
      Paris, je t'aime
      7.2
      • Writer (segment "Loin du 16e")
      • 2006
    • Rodrigo Santoro in Avril brisé (2001)
      Avril brisé
      7.6
      • screenplay
      • 2001
    • 2000 vu par... Une collection internationale (1998)
      2000 vu par... Une collection internationale
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Fernanda Torres in Le premier jour (1998)
      Le premier jour
      6.8
      • screenplay
      • 1998
    • Fernanda Montenegro and Vinícius de Oliveira in Central do Brasil (1998)
      Central do Brasil
      8.0
      • based on an original idea from
      • 1998
    • Socorro Nobre (1996)
      Socorro Nobre
      7.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1996
    • Terre lointaine (1995)
      Terre lointaine
      7.4
      • Writer
      • 1995
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    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Walter Salles Jr.
    • Born
      • April 12, 1956
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Spouse
      • Maria Klabin? - present (1 child)
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      Directed two Oscar nominated performances: Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres, mother and daughter, respectively.
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      I don't think we can say what the Latin American identity is, but I think we can try to look for it, and look for the reverberations from it.
    • Nickname
      • Waltinho

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