Walter Salles
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday12 April 1956 (70 years old)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known credits66
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 …
Cyclone
2025 · Co-Producer
Films to Die For
2025 · Self - Interviewee
The Secret Agent
2025 · Thanks
Manas
2025 · Associate Producer
I'm Still Here
2024 · Director
I'm Still Here
2024 · Producer
New World
2024 · Associate Producer
Noah's Ark
2024 · Producer
The Movie Teller
2023 · Screenplay
Mariner of the Mountains
2023 · Producer
Narcissus Off Duty
2020 · Producer
Burning Night
2020 · Producer
Homing
2019 · Producer
The Freitas Brothers
2019 · Creator
Unremember
2019 · Producer
Vozes de Paracatu e Bento
2018 · Director
When the Earth Trembles
2017 · Director
When the Earth Trembles
2017 · Producer
Where Has Time Gone?
2017 · Director
Where Has Time Gone?
2017 · Writer
Aquarius
2016 · Co-Producer
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016 · Director
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016 · Writer
From Afar
2015 · Thanks
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Editor
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013 · Self
Habi, The Foreigner
2013 · Producer
On the Road
2012 · Director
Construção
2011 · Associate Producer
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
2010 · Producer
Eye of the Storm
2009 · Producer
Stories on Human Rights
2008 · Director
Linha de Passe
2008 · Director
Linha de Passe
2008 · Screenplay
Linha de Passe
2008 · Producer
Café de los maestros
2008 · Producer
Lion's Den
2008 · Co-Producer
Critic
2008 · Self
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director
8,944 km from Cannes
2007 · Director
Love for Sale
2006 · Producer
Born and Bred
2006 · Co-Producer
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Director
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Writer
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005 · Self
Lower City
2005 · Producer
Dark Water
2005 · Director
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