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Walter Salles

Director

Walter Salles

Born April 12, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil28 films

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.

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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.

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Central Station posterFirst watchCentral Station19988.1An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.View film

Essential films

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I'm Still Here poster7.9I'm Still Here2024The Motorcycle Diaries poster7.4The Motorcycle Diaries2004Paris Je T'aime poster6.8Paris Je T'aime2006Dark Water poster5.7Dark Water2005On the Road poster5.6On the Road2012Behind the Sun poster7.4Behind the Sun2001To Each His Own Cinema poster6.5To Each His Own Cinema2007Foreign Land poster7.3Foreign Land1996

Filmography

28 films as director
  1. 2024I'm Still HereDirector
  2. 2018Vozes de Paracatu e BentoDirector
  3. 2017When the Earth TremblesDirector
  4. 2017Where Has Time Gone?Director
  5. 2016Jia Zhangke, A Guy from FenyangDirector
  6. 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
  7. 2012On the RoadDirector
  8. 2008Stories on Human RightsDirector
  9. 2008Linha de PasseDirector
  10. 2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
  11. 20078,944 km from CannesDirector
  12. 2006Paris Je T'aimeDirector
  13. 2005Dark WaterDirector
  14. 2004The Motorcycle DiariesDirector
  15. 2002Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado TitanicDirector
  16. 2001Behind the SunDirector
  17. 1999Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da TerraDirector
  18. 1998MidnightDirector
  19. 1998Central StationDirector
  20. 1996Foreign LandDirector
  21. 1995Socorro NobreDirector
  22. 1995Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star TributeDirector
  23. 1992João & AntônioDirector
  24. 1992CirculadôDirector
  25. 1991High ArtDirector
  26. 1989Marisa Monte: MM ao VivoDirector
  27. 1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost DelicacyDirector
  28. 1987Krajcberg - O Poeta dos VestígiosDirector