Walter Salles

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-04-12 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Walter Salles

Biography

Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (/ˈsɑːlɪs/; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈvawteʁ ˈsalis]; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. A major figure of the Resumption Cinema in Brazil, Salles is widely regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian filmmakers of all time. 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. He first became internationally known for his film Central Station (1998), which earned two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress for Fe...

Production

2002

City of God

as Producer

2004

1998

Central Station

as Director

1998

Central Station

as Screenplay

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as Director

2005

Lower City

as Producer

2008

Linha de Passe

as Screenplay

2008

Linha de Passe

as Director

2008

Linha de Passe

as Producer

2005

Dark Water

as Director

2001

Behind the Sun

as Director

2007

2001

Behind the Sun

as Screenplay

1991

High Art

as Director

2012

On the Road

as Director

2019

Homing

as Producer

2013

1996

Foreign Land

as Director

1998

Midnight

as Director

2024

I'm Still Here

as Director

1995

Socorro Nobre

as Director

2006

Born and Bred

as Co-Producer

2008

2023

The Movie Teller

as Screenplay

1989

1998

Central Station

as Producer

2016

From Afar

as Thanks

2016

Aquarius

as Co-Producer

2024

Noah's Ark

as Producer

1996

Foreign Land

as Editor

2002

El bonaerense

as Thanks

1998

Midnight

as Writer

2002

Madame Satã

as Producer

2017

2024

I'm Still Here

as Producer

1992

Circuladô

as Director

2006

Love for Sale

as Producer

2006

1996

Foreign Land

as Writer

2011

Construção

as Associate Producer

2008

Lion's Den

as Co-Producer

2019

Unremember

as Producer

1992

João & Antônio

as Director

2020

Burning Night

as Producer

1995

Socorro Nobre

as Editor

1995

Socorro Nobre

as Writer

2020

2025

Manas

as Associate Producer

2024

New World

as Associate Producer

2025

Cyclone

as Co-Producer

2005

Hermanas

as Associate Producer

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