Biography

José Eduardo Belmonte is one of the most active directors of Brazilian audiovisual industry. In more than two decades of professional activity, he directed main Brazilian and Latin American actors in dozens of critically acclaimed films and TV series. He has eight feature films and three more in post-production. Belmonte won the fiction competition of the Rio de Janeiro Festival 2008 and the Paris Brazilian Film Festival with the drama "Se nada mais der certo", which also earned Caroline Abras the best actress award at both festivals and Cauã Reymond the best actor award at festivals in Miami, Los Angeles and Toronto. Filmmaker's biggest box office , "Alemão" in Brazil drew over one million viewers in theaters in 2014. Adapted three years later for television, earned an Emmy nomination. Blockbuster sequel, is set to debut on screen in 2022. On television, José Eduardo Belmonte also built a successful career. Among the main achievements is the artistic direction of the "Carcereiros" series, one of the biggest audience hits of recent times in Rede Globo. The only Latin American selected in 2017 for the Cannes MIPDrama Screenings (one of the world's leading television fairs), first episode of Season 1 of "Carcereiros" won the Grand Jury competition, an unprecedented achievement for Brazilian audiovisual. Belmonte also directed of HBO Latin America's El Hipnotizador series, starring Leonardo Sbaraglia ("Dolor y Gloria") and featuring actors as Cesar Troncoso, Chino Darín and Marilu Marini. Born in 1970 in São José dos Campos (SP) and based in Rio de Janeiro, José Eduardo Belmonte has a degree in cinema from the University of Brasilia and began his career as an assistant director for Nelson Pereira dos Santos, one of the biggest names in the history of 20th century Brazilian cinema.

- IMDb mini biography by: Carlos Marcelo Carvalho