Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 12, 1956
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
66 titles
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 Fernanda Montenegro, winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Golden Bear at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. His subsequent works include Behind the Sun (2001), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Dark Water (2005) and On the Road (2012). At the 97th Academy Awards, his critically acclaimed film I'm Still Here (2024) received a rare double nomination for Best Picture and Best International Feature; it won the latter, becoming the first Brazilian film to win an Academy Award in any category. Heir to Itaú Unibanco, with a fortune valued at US$4.5 billion (R$24.26 billion), Salles is the third richest filmmaker in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Salles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Cyclone
Co-Producer
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
The Secret Agent
Thanks
Manas
Associate Producer
I'm Still Here
Director
New World
Associate Producer
Noah's Ark
Producer
The Movie Teller
Screenplay
Mariner of the Mountains
Producer
Narcissus Off Duty
Producer
Burning Night
Producer
Homing
Producer
The Freitas Brothers
Creator
Unremember
Producer
Vozes de Paracatu e Bento
Director
When the Earth Trembles
Director
Where Has Time Gone?
Director
Aquarius
Co-Producer
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Director
From Afar
Thanks
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
Self
Habi, The Foreigner
Producer
On the Road
Director
Construção
Associate Producer
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Producer
Eye of the Storm
Producer
Stories on Human Rights
Director
Linha de Passe
Director
Café de los maestros
Producer
Lion's Den
Co-Producer
Critic
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
8,944 km from Cannes
Director
Love for Sale
Producer
Born and Bred
Co-Producer
Paris Je T'aime
Director
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Self
Lower City
Producer
Dark Water
Director
Hermanas
Associate Producer
The Motorcycle Diaries
Director
Traveling with Che Guevara
Self
Madame Satã
Producer
El bonaerense
Thanks
City of God
Producer
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation
Self
Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
Director
Behind the Sun
Director