Daniel Filho

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-09-30 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Daniel Filho

Biography

João Carlos Daniel Filho, better known as Daniel Filho (Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 1937), is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, presenter and author. Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.

Acting

2009

Peacetime

as Doutor Penna

1972

1963

Golden Mouth

as Leleco

1981

The Kiss

as Amado Pinheiro

1978

Summer Showers

as Geraldinho

1984

Mirror of Flesh

as Jairo Almeida

2002

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La Bréa

as Himself - Interviewee

1984

Quilombo

as Fernão Carrilho

1983

Bar Esperanza

as Armando

2015

Till Luck Do Us: Part 3

as Elias Barelli

1971

As Quatro Chaves Mágicas

as Paulo, o irmão

2011

1996

Tieta of Agreste

as Corretor

2006

If I Were You

as Homem no Banheiro

2014

2017

Duas de Mim

as Daniel Filho

2015

O Amuleto

as Herminio

1970

The Heirs

as Um Americano

2008

Critic

as Self

2019

Golden Mouth

as Newspaper Clerk

1977

Vida, Vida

as Almeida

2020

2024

2025

Cheer to Life

as Seu Ulisses

1973

O Descarte

as Bruno (voz)

Production

2002

City of God

as Producer

2009

If I Were You 2

as Director

2009

Peacetime

as Director

2006

If I Were You

as Director

2010

Chico Xavier

as Director

2001

The Inheritance

as Director

2004

2004

2000

A Dog's Will

as Associate Producer

2007

Primo Basílio

as Director

2022

Executive Order

as Producer

2001

Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented

as Associate Producer

1999

Zoando na TV

as Production Artist

2013

Brazilian Western

as Executive Producer

2014

2008

1975

O Casal

as Director

2021

Venice

as Associate Producer

2007

Primo Basílio

as Producer

2008

Last Stop 174

as Associate Producer

1979

Mulher 80

as Creator

2010

Bróder

as Associate Producer

2015

A Man Amidst Bees

as Associate Producer

2006

Zuzu Angel

as Co-Producer

2016

It's a Fairy!

as Producer

2004

Redeemer

as Associate Producer

2005

Two Sons of Francisco

as Associate Producer

2016

1980

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa

as Creative Director

2004

1998

Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão

as Associate Producer

2006

If I Were You

as Producer

2006

Didi, the Treasure Raider

as Associate Producer

2007

The Sign of the City

as Associate Producer

2009

2006

If I Were You

as Writer

1969

1972

1979

Mulher 80

as Director

1969

1969

1980

Rita Lee Jones

as Director

2019

2003

Carandiru

as Associate Producer

2004

2009

Peacetime

as Producer

2007

Not by Chance

as Associate Producer

2007

The Ballroom

as Co-Producer

2016

The Devil's Scarab

as Associate Producer

1975

O Casal

as Writer

1975

O Casal

as Producer

2014

2019

Golden Mouth

as Director

2019

Golden Mouth

as Producer

2008

Golden Oldies

as Co-Producer

1996

Delicado

as Director

2004

2005

The House of Sand

as Associate Producer

2009

2010

Chico Xavier

as Producer

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