Walter Salles

CrewProductionActorDirectorProducer Apr 12 (age 69) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1987–2025 (38 year career)

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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 internat…

Known For

Film

City of God

Producer

Film

Central Station

Director

Film

I'm Still Here

Director

Film

The Motorcycle Diaries

Director

Film

Aquarius

Co-Producer

Film

The Secret Agent

Thanks

Film

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Film

Dark Water

Director

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (8)

Films to Die For

2025

as Self - Interviewee

VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro

2013

as Self

Critic

2008

as Self

7.9

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

2005

as Self

8.0

Traveling with Che Guevara

2004

as Self

5.8

At the Edge of the Earth

2002

as Self

7.1

Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation

2002

as Self

A Linguagem do Cinema

2001

6.0

Television (1)

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (74)

Movies (74)

The Secret Agent

Thanks

Manas

Associate Producer

Cyclone

Co-Producer

I'm Still Here

Director

I'm Still Here

Producer

Noah's Ark

Producer

New World

Associate Producer

Mariner of the Mountains

Producer

The Movie Teller

Screenplay

Narcissus Off Duty

Producer

Burning Night

Producer

Homing

Producer

Unremember

Producer

Vozes de Paracatu e Bento

2018

Director

8.0

When the Earth Trembles

2017

Director

5.0

When the Earth Trembles

Producer

Where Has Time Gone?

Director

Where Has Time Gone?

Writer

Aquarius

Co-Producer

From Afar

Thanks

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

2014

Director

6.9

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

2014

Writer

6.9

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

4.9

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Editor

Habi, The Foreigner

Producer

On the Road

Director

Construção

Associate Producer

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell

Producer

Eye of the Storm

Producer

Café de los maestros

Producer

Lion's Den

Co-Producer

Linha de Passe

Director

Linha de Passe

Producer

Linha de Passe

Screenplay

Stories on Human Rights

2008

Director

2.2

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5

5.557 Miles from Cannes

2007

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

Born and Bred

Co-Producer

Love for Sale

Producer

Dark Water

Director

Lower City

Producer

Hermanas

Associate Producer

The Motorcycle Diaries

Director

City of God

Producer

Madame Satã

Producer

El bonaerense

Thanks

Uma Pequena Mensagem do Brasil ou (A Saga de Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic)

2002

Director

Behind the Sun

Director

Behind the Sun

Screenplay

Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra

1999

Director

Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra

1999

Editor

Central Station

Director

Central Station

Producer

Central Station

Screenplay

Midnight

Director

Midnight

Writer

Foreign Land

Director

Foreign Land

Editor

Foreign Land

Writer

Socorro Nobre

Director

Socorro Nobre

Editor

Socorro Nobre

Writer

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

1995

Director

Visão do Paraíso

1995

General Manager

Circuladô

1992

Director

João & Antônio

1992

Director

High Art

1991

Director

4.3

Marisa Monte: MM ao Vivo

1989

Director

8.0

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

1989

Director

China, o Império do Centro

1987

Editor

Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios

1987

Director

Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios

1987

Producer