FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Salles

1956 - Today

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Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; 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 internationally known for his film Central Station (1998), which earned two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress for Fernanda Montenegro, winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Golden Bear at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Salles has received more than 584,576 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 335th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 256th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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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 335 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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