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Revision as of 01:36, 1 September 2011
Walter Salles | |
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 Salles in Paris | |
| Born | Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. April 12, 1956 |
| Other names | Waltinho |
| Occupation(s) | film director, producer and editor |
| Spouse | Maria Klabin |
Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. (born April 12, 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.
Life and career
Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a filmmaker. Both, along with two other brothers, are heirs to the bank Unibanco, one of the largest and richest in South America. Salles attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[2]
Salles's first notable film was Terra Estrangeira (Foreign Land), released in Brazil in 1995. Locally, it was widely acclaimed by film critics and a minor box-office hit, and it was selected by over 40 film festivals worldwide. In 1998 he released Central do Brasil (Central Station) to widespread international acclaim and two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Foreign Language Film. In 2001, Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun), starring Rodrigo Santoro, was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Golden Globes. Both films were produced by veteran Arthur Cohn and had worldwide distribution.
In 2003, Salles was voted one of the 40 Best Directors in the World by The Guardian. His biggest international success has been Diarios de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries), a 2004 film about the life of young Ernesto Guevara, who later became known as Che Guevara. It was Salles's first foray as director of a film in a language other than his native Portuguese (Spanish, in this case) and quickly became a box-office hit in Latin America and Europe.
In 2005, Salles released his first English-language feature film, which is also his first Hollywood film, Dark Water, an adaptation of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name. He also helped to produce the Argentine picture Hermanas which was a major success.
In 2006, Salles wrote and directed a segment in the French film Paris, je t'aime (French for "Paris, I love you") with Daniela Thomas. The film is a collection of 18 shorter segments made by different 21 directors and set in different arrondissements of Paris. Salles' segment called "Loin du 16e" (literally: "far from the 16th") and took place in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
In 2007, Salles took part in a similar project called To Each His Own Cinema (French: Chacun son cinéma) in the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. He made a 3 minute segment called "A 8 944 km de Cannes" (English: 5,557 Miles From Cannes).
In 2008, Salles wrote and directed the film Linha de Passe also with Daniela Thomas.[3] It is a story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams. He was nominated for the Golden Palm and Sandra Corveloni won the best actress award for her role in this film in Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
Salles is presently directing José Rivera's screenplay adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, with Francis Ford Coppola and Gus Van Sant producing. The film is supposed to be released in 2011.
Awards
Terra Estrangeira
Won 8 international awards, including
- Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma de Paris, Audience Grand Prize
- Film Festival of Bergamo
- Film Festival of Belfort.
Central do Brasil
55 international awards, including:
- Academy Awards nomination:
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Foreign Film
- National Board of Review
- Best Foreign Film
- British Academy Film Award
- Best Foreign Film.
Abril Despedaçado
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Foreign Film (nominated)
- National Board of Review
- Best Foreign Film (nominated)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Foreign Film (nominated)
- Venice International Film Festival
- Audience Award (Leoncino d'Oro)
The Motorcycle Diaries
- Hollywood Film Festival
- Hollywood World Award
- Cannes Film Festival
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury[4]
- European Film Award (nominated)
- Academy Awards
- Best Original Song (Al Otro Lado del Río), composed by Uruguayan Jorge Drexler.
- Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated)
Linha de Passe
- 2008 Cannes Film Festivall
- Golden Palm (nominated)
- Best Actress (Sandra Corveloni)
Main filmography
- On the Road (2011)
- Senna (2011)
- Linha de Passe (2008)
- To Each His Own Cinema (segment A 8 944 km de Cannes (5,557 Miles From Cannes), 2007)
- Paris, je t'aime (segment "Loin du 16e", 2006)
- Dark Water (2005)
- Diários de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries, 2004)
- Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun, 2001)
- O Primeiro Dia (Midnight, 1999)
- Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998)
- Terra Estrangeira (Foreign Land, 1995)
- Socorro Nobre (Life Somewhere Else, 1995)
- A Grande Arte (Exposure, 1991)
References
- ^ Forbes http://www.forbes.com/profile/walther-moreira-salles.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803029
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Motorcycle Diaries". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-11.