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Walter Salles
Occupation: Director
Also: Screenwriter, producer
Born: April 12, 1956, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Name: Walter Moreira Salles, Jr.
His first notable film,
Terra Estrangeira
(English title: Foreign Land), was shot in 1995, and was named Best Film
of the Year in Brazil. It proceeded to win 8 international awards (including the
Audience Grand Prize at the Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma de Paris and at
the Film Festival of Bergamo and Film Festival of Belfort) and was selected by
over 40 film festivals.
Two of his next films were produced by Arthur Cohn, one of
which (Central
do Brasil, English title: Central Station) received two
nominations for the Oscar award (Best Foreign Film and Best Actress, for
Fernanda Montenegro) and won 55 international awards, including the Golden Bear
at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Globe Award for Best
Foreign Film, the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Film, and the
British Academy Film Award for Best Foreign Film.
The other film produced by Cohn,
Abril Despedaçado
(English title: Behind the Sun) has also been praised by critics and
public alike. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film by the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association, the National Board of Review and the British Academy of Film
and Television Arts; and won the Audience Award (Leoncino d'Oro) at the 58th
Venice International Film Festival.
His most recent film is
Diários de Motocicleta
(English title: The Motorcycle Diaries), a film about the life of young Ernesto
Guevara, who later became known as Che Guevara. It quickly became a top office
box in Latin America and Europe, and a bestseller in the USA. The film won the
Hollywood World award at the 2004 Hollywood Film Festival was nominated to the
European Film Award, and to the Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for
two 2005 Oscar Award, as Best Original Song and as Best Adapted Script.
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