Walter Salles
Directing
Born: April 12, 1956 (age 70) · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Highest Rated
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
City of God
2002
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004
Dark Water
2005
I'm Still Here
2024
Central Station
1998
On the Road
2012
Paris Je T'aime
2006
The Secret Agent
2025
Aquarius
2016
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
From Afar
2015
Behind the Sun
2001
Photos (4)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (7)
Directing (27)
I'm Still Here
Director
The Motorcycle Diaries
Director
Dark Water
Director
Paris Je T'aime
Director
Central Station
Director
On the Road
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
8,944 km from Cannes
Director
Socorro Nobre
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
High Art
Director
Behind the Sun
Director
Foreign Land
Director
Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios
Director
Linha de Passe
Director
Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
Director
Midnight
Director
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Director
Stories on Human Rights
Director
When the Earth Trembles
Director
João & Antônio
Director
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Director
Marisa Monte: MM ao Vivo
Director
Where Has Time Gone?
Director
Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
Director
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
Director
Vozes de Paracatu e Bento
Director
Writing (10)
Paris Je T'aime
Writer
Central Station
Screenplay
The Movie Teller
Screenplay
Socorro Nobre
Writer
Behind the Sun
Screenplay
Foreign Land
Writer
Linha de Passe
Screenplay
Midnight
Writer
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Writer
Where Has Time Gone?
Writer
Producing (27)
City of God
Producer
I'm Still Here
Producer
Central Station
Producer
Noah's Ark
Producer
Construção
Associate Producer
Manas
Associate Producer
New World
Associate Producer
Café de los maestros
Producer
Aquarius
Co-Producer
Homing
Producer
Lower City
Producer
Love for Sale
Producer
Madame Satã
Producer
Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios
Producer
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Producer
Linha de Passe
Producer
Cyclone
Co-Producer
Habi, The Foreigner
Producer
Eye of the Storm
Producer
Lion's Den
Co-Producer
Hermanas
Associate Producer
Mariner of the Mountains
Producer
Burning Night
Producer
Unremember
Producer
When the Earth Trembles
Producer
Narcissus Off Duty
Producer
Born and Bred
Co-Producer
Other Crew (9)
The Secret Agent
Thanks
From Afar
Thanks
Socorro Nobre
Editor
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Editor
The Freitas Brothers
Creator
Foreign Land
Editor
El bonaerense
Thanks
China, o Império do Centro
Editor
Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
Editor