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Bruno Barreto

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 03/16/1955 (69) | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Bruno Villela Barreto Borges (born 16 March 1955) is a Brazilian film director. ()

Bruno Barreto (born March 16, 1955) is a Brazilian film director born in Rio de Janeiro. He has been making feature-length films ever since he was seventeen years old and remains one of Brazil’s most accomplished and popular directors to this day. The type of films he makes vary widely from light comedies like Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) and Bossa Nova (2000) to tense political thrillers like Four Days in September (1997). Other films Barreto has directed films include Carried Away and View from the Top. Barreto was married to actress Amy Irving from 1996 to 2005, with whom he made Bossa Nova and Carried Away. They had one son (Gabriel) together. He is the ex-stepfather of Max Spielberg Irving's son by her first husband Steven Spielberg.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing p ...

Reaching for the Moon

NR

2013 | 3.3/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank ho ...

Four Days in September

R

1997 | 3.7/5 | 1h 50min
Thriller, Drama, History
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A housewife begins a passionate relationship with a bisexual transvestite. Unwittingly, she is pulled into his dangerous and criminal world. ...

Happily Ever After

Certification unknown

1986 | 2.8/5 | 1h 48min
Romance / Love, Drama
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In a small city of Brazil, Flor, a cooking teacher, marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing who takes all her money to gamble. After his death, ...

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Certification unknown

1976 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Bruno Barreto

Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director
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Movies with Bruno Barreto as Actor(1)

as himself2008 Crítico

Movies with Bruno Barreto as Crew(37)

Directing/Director2024 Férias Trocadas
Directing/Director2013 Crô
Directing/Director2013 Reaching for the Moon
Writing/Writer2013 Reaching for the Moon
Directing/Director2008 Last Stop 174
Production/Producer2008 Last Stop 174
Production/Producer2008 Urban Snap-Shots
Directing/Director2007 Money on the Side
Directing/Director2005 Romeo and Juliet Get Married
Production/Producer2003 The Middle of the World
Directing/Director2003 View from the Top
Directing/Director2000 Bossa Nova
Production/Executive Producer2000 Bossa Nova
Directing/Director1998 One Tough Cop
Directing/Director1997 Four Days in September
Directing/Director1996 Carried Away
Production/Executive Producer1996 Carried Away
Directing/Director1992 The Heart of Justice
Directing/Director1990 A Show of Force
Directing/Director1988 The Story of Fausta
Directing/Director1986 Happily Ever After
Directing/Director1983 Gabriela
Writing/Screenplay1983 Gabriela
Production/Producer1982 Menino do Rio
Writing/Writer1982 Menino do Rio
Writing/Writer1982 Kiss Me Goodbye
Directing/Director1981 The Kiss
Production/Associate Producer1980 Bye Bye Brazil
Camera/Camera Operator1979 Outlaw Love
Directing/Director1979 Outlaw Love
Directing/Director1976 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Writing/Screenplay1976 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Directing/Director1974 The Star Rises
Writing/Writer1974 The Star Rises
Directing/Director1973 Tati, a Garota
Writing/Screenplay1973 Tati, a Garota
Directing/Director1970 Este Silêncio Pode Significar Muita Coisa

TV Shows/Series with Bruno Barreto as Crew(3)

Directing/Director2021 The American Guest
Creator/Creator2021 The American Guest
Directing/Director2021 Escravidão – Século XXI

Full Name: Bruno Barreto
Citizenship: Brazil
Born: Wednesday, 03/16 1955 (March) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (current age: 69 years + 40 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Portuguese (PT)
Spouses (current/former): Amy Irving
Other names for Bruno Barreto (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Бруно Баррету"
"Bruno Barreto (Regisseur)"
Bruno Barreto frequently works together with these people:
Luiz Carlos Barreto (10x, Crew)
Anisio Medeiros (8x, Crew)
Lucy Barreto (7x, Crew)
Emilie Lesclaux (6x, Crew)
Raimundo Higino (6x, Crew)
Kleber Mendonça Filho (6x, Crew)
Leopoldo Serran (6x, Crew)
Amy Irving (5x, Actress)
Guto Graça Melo (5x, Crew)
Flávio São Thiago (4x, Actor)
Paula Barreto (4x, Crew)
Celso Amorim (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:101644, Added: 06/05/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024