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Fábio Barreto

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 06/06/1957 († 62, 11/20/2019) | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Fábio Villela Barreto Borges (June 6, 1957 – November 20, 2019) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He was best known for directing O Quatrilho (which was the first Brazilian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in more than 30 years) and Lula, o filho do Brasil, a biography based on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's early life, which had been the most expensive film in the history of Brazilian cinema upon its release. Barreto slipped into a coma in 2009 after being involved in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro and, in August 2014, was reported to be in a minimally conscious state. He died on November 20, 2019, after almost 10 years in a coma. ()
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Filho de Luís Carlos Barreto, e irmão do também cineasta Bruno Barreto. Atuou no primeiro curta-metragem, "Três Amigos que Não se Separam", quando tinha nove anos; no filme também atuaram sua irmã (Paula Barreto) e a cadela Baleia, coadjuvante no filme Vidas Secas (1963).Foi assistente de direção de Carlos Diegues em Bye Bye Brasil (1979). Iniciou sua carreira no cinema aos 20 anos, dirigindo o curta-metragem A Estória de José e Maria (1977). E estreou como diretor de longa-metragem no Festival de Cannes de 1982, com Índia, a Filha do Sol (1982), inscrito na Quinzena dos Realizadores; tinha 24 anos.Seu filme O Quatrilho (1995) foi indicado para o Oscar de melhor filme estrangeiro de 1995.Trabalhou como ator em dois filmes — For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1997) e Memórias do cárcere (1984) — e dirigiu 9 longas.

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

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Movies with Fábio Barreto as Actor(5)

Movies with Fábio Barreto as Crew(17)

Directing/Director2010 Lula, the Son of Brazil
Production/Producer2007 The Man Who Challenged the Devil
Directing/Director2007 Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio
Production/Producer2006 Sonhos e Desejos
Directing/Director2002 A Paixão de Jacobina
Directing/Director1998 Bela Donna
Directing/Director1995 The Quartet
Directing/Director1988 Luzia Homem
Directing/Director1985 Rei do Rio
Writing/Writer1985 Rei do Rio
Directing/Director1982 Índia, a Filha do Sol
Writing/Screenplay1982 Índia, a Filha do Sol
Production/Producer1981 The Kiss
Production/Production Director1980 Prova de Fogo
Directing/Assistant Director1980 Bye Bye Brazil
Directing/Assistant Director1979 Outlaw Love
Directing/Director1978 Mané Garrincha

Full Name: Fábio Barreto
Citizenship: Brazil
Born: Thursday, 06/06 1957 (June) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Died: Wednesday, 11/20 2019 (November) in Rio de Janeiro (aged: 62)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Portuguese (PT)
Spouses (current/former): Dora Pellegrino, Déborah Kalume
Other names for Fábio Barreto (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Fábio Villela Barreto Borges"
Fábio Barreto frequently works together with these people:
Lucy Barreto (9x, Crew)
Anisio Medeiros (9x, Crew)
Bruno Barreto (4x, Crew)
Glória Pires (4x, Actress)
Marco Altberg (4x, Crew)
Raimundo Higino (4x, Crew)
Victor Raposeiro (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:275813, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024