FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Salles

1956 - Today

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Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker, most known for his Golden Bear-winning film Central Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Salles has received more than 346,537 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Walter Salles is the 697th most popular film director (down from 615th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 256th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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  • 28

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  • 5.01

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  • 2.60

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Salles ranks 697 out of 2,041. Before him are John Stagliano, Bruno Mattei, Timur Bekmambetov, Fred Niblo, Riccardo Freda, and Sergei Bodrov. After him are Richard Marquand, Dorothy Arzner, Artavazd Peleshyan, Ruben Östlund, Mario Camerini, and Tsai Ming-liang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Walter Salles ranks 170. Before him are Jordan Rudess, Laura Morante, Park Won-soon, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Catherine Colonna, and Roberto Malone. After him are Frank Dux, Jerry Hall, Nikola Špirić, Cynthia Rhodes, Artur Mas, and Richard Kind.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 334 out of 2,236. Before him are Roberto Miranda (1944), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Neco (1895), Maria Quitéria (1792), Fred (1983), and Bertha Lutz (1894). After him are Sonny Anderson (1970), Morena Baccarin (1979), Antony (2000), José Wilker (1944), Jaime Lerner (1937), and Nelsinho Baptista (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 4. Before him are Glauber Rocha (1939), Fernando Meirelles (1955), and Alberto Cavalcanti (1897). After him are Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), José Padilha (1967), Bruno Barreto (1955), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).

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Filmography

The Motorcycle Diaries
Director
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Feb 6th 20047.4 / 10
Dark Water
Director
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…
Jul 8th 20055.673 / 10
Central Station
Director
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Nov 20th 19988.1 / 10