Walter Salles

Walter Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Walter Moreira Salles, was an ambassador and banker; the child grew up in France and the United States, then returned to Brazil in adolescence. In 1985, with his brother João Moreira Salles, he founded the company Videofilmes, according to Infopédia, and devoted around ten years to documentary, on Brazilian artists and musicians, before moving to fiction. A 2024 film on the years of the dictatorship won Brazil the Oscar for best international film, which he received.

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• CinemaCentral StationCentral do BrasilWalter Salles · 1998Cinema