Walter Salles, Jr. Filmography

Born:: January 1, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation:: Co-producer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: Director/writer Walter Salles Jr. spearheaded the return of Brazilian cinema to international prominence in the latter half of the 1990s, particularly with his esteemed hit Central Station (1998). Born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a well-heeled banker, Salles was raised in France and the United...Read More

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Linha de Passe

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: João Baldasserini, Kaique de Jesus Santos, Vinicius de Oliveira, José Geraldo Rodrigues, Sandra Corveloni, Roberto Audi, Denise Weinberg, Ana Luiza Garritano

Synopsis: Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles Jr. helms this story of a band of brothers intent on getting out of the Brazilian ghetto in a Media Rights Capital production. Co-directing is Daniela Thomas, from a script she wrote with George Moura (Moro No Brasil) and Salles. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Read More

1/1/08
Love For Sale: Suely in the Sky

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel, Georgina Castro

Synopsis: A woman who has recently returned to her hometown village in remote, northeastern Brazil after two years of living in São Paolo refuses to allow the actions of others to dictate her fate as she keeps her eyes towards new horizons in director Karim Aïnouz's follow-up to his dynamic feature debut Read More

8/17/07
Paris, je t'aime

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Twenty acclaimed filmmakers from around the world look at love in the City of Lights in this omnibus feature. Paris Je T'aime features eighteen short stories, each set in a different part of Paris and each featuring a different cast and director (two segments were produced by two filmmakers in Read More

5/4/07
To Each His Own Cinema

Crew: Director

Synopsis: At the time of its production, To Each His Own Cinema represented the latest arrival in a tidal wave of internationally oriented omnibus films, with no official relation between them but all produced within a few years of one another. Few could claim a roster of talent comparable to this one Read More

2007
The House of Sand

Crew: Co-producer

Synopsis: Three generations of women struggle to make lives for themselves and their families in the desert wastes of Northern Brazil in a drama from filmmaker Andrucha Waddington. In 1910, Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) leads his wife, Áurea (Fernanda Torres), and her mother, Dona Maria (Fernanda Montenegro), to Read More

7/28/06
Lower City

Crew: Producer

Actors: Alice Braga, Lazaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, José Dumont

Synopsis: A simple cruise turns into a jealous battle for the affections of a sultry prostitute as the co-owners of a small cargo boat make their way down the Brazilian coastline in director Sergio Machado's stylish and sultry erotic drama. Deco (Lazaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) are best friends Read More

6/16/06
Born and Bred

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Guillermo Pfening, Martina Gusman, Federico Esquerro, Tomas Lipan, Victoria Vescio

Synopsis: A man is forced to pick up the pieces of a shattered life in this emotional drama from Argentine filmmaker Pablo Trapero. Santiago (Guillermo Pfening) is a successful interior designer with a beautiful and loving wife, Milli (Martina Gusman); a happy and healthy young daughter, Josefina (Victoria Read More

2006
Loin du 16ème

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Catalina Sandino Moreno

Synopsis: Part of the anthology Paris, Je T'Aime, this short comes from directors Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas. Starring Catalina Sandino Moreno, Loin du 16ème concerns a South American immigrant nanny who, on a daily basis, must leave her infant in day care, trek off to a neighborhood far away, and Read More

2006
Dark Water

Crew: Director

Actors: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite

Synopsis: Directed by Walter Salles Jr., this remake of Hideo Nakata's supernatural psychological drama Honogurai Mizuno Soko Kara revolves around the plight of a single mother (Jennifer Connelly) whose messy divorce and subsequent battle for the custody of her five-year-old daughter is taking a heavy toll Read More

7/8/05
The Motorcycle Diaries

Crew: Director

Actors: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Gustavo Bueno, Jorge Chiarella

Synopsis: Brazilian director Walter Salles Jr. follows up the Golden Globe-nominated Behind the Sun with this filmed adaptation of Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journals of the same name. The Motorcycle Diaries stars Gael García Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También, Amores Perros) as a Read More

9/24/04
Madame Satã

Crew: Producer

Actors: Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Felippe Marques, Emiliano Querioz

Synopsis: João Francisco dos Santos was a figure of no small infamy in Brazil during the 1930s -- he was a flamboyantly gay drag performer who was also a notorious criminal, thoroughly unashamed of his sexual orientation and willing to defend himself with deadly force if the situation demanded. Writer and Read More

7/9/03
City of God

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phelipe Haagensen, Seu Jorge, Jonathan Haagensen, Daniel Zettel, Alice Braga

Synopsis: Fernando Meirelles' City of God is a sweeping tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bené (Phelipe Haagensen), become crime lords Read More

1/17/03
Behind The Sun

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Ravi Ramos Lacerda

Synopsis: A young man is forced to choose between family tradition and his own dreams and desires in this drama from Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles. In 1910 in a remote farming community, two families, the Breveses and the Ferreiras, both of whom earn their living growing sugar cane, have been squabbling Read More

12/12/01
Midnight

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Fernanda Torres, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Carlos Vereza, Matheus Nachtergaele, Nelson Sargento

Synopsis: This $1 million Brazilian feature, co-directed by Walter Salles (handling the camera) and Daniela Thomas (handling the actors), is another in the "2000 Seen By..." series of Millennium-themed films co-produced by France's Haut & Court. As Millennium parties get underway in Rio, Joao (Luis Carlos Vasconcellos Read More

3/10/00
Central Station

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Antonella Rendina, Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vinicius de Oliveira, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos

Synopsis: Former documentary filmmaker Walter Salles (Foreign Land) directed this Brazilian-French road movie tracing the travels and travails of a young boy and an aging woman across the Brazilian landscape. In Rio de Janeiro's central railroad station, callous Dora (leading Brazilian stage/screen actress Fernanda Montenegro Read More

11/20/98
Foreign Land

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto

Synopsis: This beautifully photographed black and white Brazilian mystery chronicles the union between Paco, an aspiring actor living in Sao Paulo, and Brazil-born Alex, who works as a waitress in Lisbon, Portugal. Much of the tale is set in 1990 when Brazilian president Fernando Collor de Mello threw his Read More

9/24/97
Exposure

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo, Amanda Pays

Synopsis: A normally gentle photojournalist becomes a raging vigilante down in Rio following the death of the gentle prostitute he had befriended. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

10/30/91