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João Moreira Salles

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 01/01/1962 (62) | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
João Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro, born 1962) is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | History

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Documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped into a daily war that knows no winners. ...

News from a Personal War

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1999 | 3.9/5 | 57min
Documentary, Crime
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Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he couldn't ed ...

Santiago

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2007 | 3.9/5 | 1h 20min
Documentary
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João Moreira Salles' "Nelson Freire" is a film-documentary about the great Brazilian pianist, who is certainly among the five great pianists of the world today. Nelson Freire is a quite discreet / sh ...

Nelson Freire

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2003 | 3.3/5 | 2h
Documentary, Music
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A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the ...

In the Intense Now

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2017 | 3.9/5 | 2h 7min
Documentary
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Movies with João Moreira Salles as Actor(2)

as himself2008 Crítico
as himself2004 Intermissions

Movies with João Moreira Salles as Crew(25)

Production/Producer2020 Narcissus Off Duty
Production/Producer2019 I Owe You a Letter About Brazil
Directing/Director2017 In the Intense Now
Writing/Writer2017 In the Intense Now
Production/Executive Producer2015 Last Conversations
Production/Executive Producer2010 A Família Braz: Dois Tempos
Production/Executive Producer2010 A Night in 67
Production/Executive Producer2009 Moscow
Production/Executive Producer2007 Playing
Directing/Director2007 Santiago
Writing/Screenplay2007 Santiago
Production/Executive Producer2006 O Fim e o Princípio
Directing/Director2004 Intermissions
Directing/Director2004 Atos: A campanha pública de Lula
Production/Executive Producer2004 Peões
Costume & Make-Up/Key Hair Stylist2003 Viva Sapato!
Directing/Director2003 Nelson Freire
Production/Producer2002 Master, a Building in Copacabana
Directing/Director1999 Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
Directing/Director1999 News from a Personal War
Writing/Writer1999 News from a Personal War
Directing/Director1998 Futebol
Writing/Writer1989 Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Directing/Director1987 China, o Império do Centro
Writing/Writer1987 China, o Império do Centro

Full Name: João Salles
Citizenship: Brazil
Born: Monday, 01/01 1962 (January) in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (current age: 62 years + 116 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Portuguese (PT)
Educated at: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Employer: Princeton University, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Spouses (current/former): Branca Vianna
Father: Walter Moreira Sales
Mother: Eliza Gonçalves
Other names for João Moreira Salles (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"J. Moreira Salles"
"Жуан Морейра Саллеш"
João Moreira Salles frequently works together with these people:
Eduardo Coutinho (11x, Crew)
Jordana Berg (9x, Crew)
Walter Salles (6x, Crew)
Jacques Cheuiche (6x, Crew)
Emilie Lesclaux (6x, Crew)
Kleber Mendonça Filho (6x, Crew)
Eduardo Escorel (4x, Crew)
Kátia Lund (4x, Crew)
Walter Carvalho (4x, Crew)
Denilson Campos (3x, Crew)
Luiz Carlos Lacerda (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:576661, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024