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Walter Salles

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His son Vicente was born in July 2006. See more trivia »

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Walther Moreira Salles Jr.
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Walter Salles at event of On the Road Still of Viggo Mortensen and Walter Salles in On the Road Still of Rodrigo De la Serna, Gael García Bernal, Mía Maestro, Walter Salles and Julia Solomonoff in The Motorcycle Diaries Still of Pete Postlethwaite, John C. Reilly and Walter Salles in Dark Water Francis Ford Coppola, Walter Salles, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund at event of On the Road Tim Roth and Walter Salles at event of The Motorcycle Diaries
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Hide HideDirector (22 titles)
2012 On the Road
 
2008 Stories on Human Rights (segment "Voyage")
 
2008 Linha de Passe
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "A 8 944 km de Cannes")
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Loin du 16e")
 
2005 Dark Water
 
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries
 
2003 Guns and Peace (short)
 
2002 Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic (short)
 
2001 Behind the Sun
 
1998 Somos Todos Filhos da Terra (documentary short)
 
1998 Midnight
 
1998 Central Station
 
1996 Foreign Land
 
1996 Socorro Nobre (documentary short)
 
1995 Un siècle d'écrivains (TV series documentary)
– Jorge Amado (1995)
 
1995 Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (video documentary)
 
1991 A Grande Arte (as Walter Salles Jr.)
 
1989 Chico - O País da Delicadeza Perdida (TV documentary)
 
1988 Marisa Monte (TV documentary)
 
1987 Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios (documentary)
 
1986 Japão - Uma Viagem no Tempo (TV series documentary)
– Kurosawa - Pintor de Imagens (1986)
– O Outro Lado do Mundo (1986)
– Os Novos Criadores (1986)
– Os Samurais da Economia (1986)
 
Show ShowProducer (17 titles)
???? Celestina (executive producer) (pre-production)
 
2013 Habi, la extranjera (producer)
 
2012 On the Road (associate producer)
 
2010 Transeunte (executive producer)
 
2010 The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (producer)
 
2009 Eye of the Storm (producer)
 
2008 Linha de Passe (producer)
 
2008 Lion's Den (co-producer)
 
2008 Café de los maestros (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2006 Born and Bred (co-producer)
 
2006 Love for Sale (producer)
 
2005 Lower City (producer)
 
2005 Hermanas (producer)
 
2002 Madame Satã (producer)
 
2002 City of God (executive producer)
 
1998 Central Station (producer)
 
1987 Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Loin du 16e")
 
2001 Behind the Sun
 
1998 Midnight (writer)
 
1998 Central Station (story)
 
1996 Foreign Land
 
1996 Socorro Nobre (documentary short)
 
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
1998 Somos Todos Filhos da Terra (documentary short)
 
1996 Foreign Land
 
1996 Socorro Nobre (documentary short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1999 News from a Personal War (documentary) (contributor)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1996 Socorro Nobre (documentary short) (sound)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 Lion's Den (thanks)
 
2000 Me You Them (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
???? Untitled Richard Brautigan Project (documentary) (in production)
Himself
 
2013 Q with Jian Ghomeshi (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #6.5 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 MSN Exclusives (TV series)
Himself
 
2008 Critico (documentary)
 
2007 Diethnes Festival Kinimatografou Thessalonikis - 11+1 kinimatografistes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Sound of Terror: The Soundscapes of 'Dark Water' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Dark Water: Extraordinary Ensemble (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Analyzing 'Dark Water' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (video)
Himself - Winner Foreign Language Film 'Diarios de Motocicleta - The Motocycle Diaries'
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Making of 'The Motorcycle Diaries' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Susana Giménez (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– The Cast of the Motorcycle Diaries (2004) … Himself - Guest
 
2002 Onde a Terra Acaba (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
 

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Alternate Names:

Walter Salles Jr.
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't think we can say what the Latin American identity is, but I think we can try to look for it, and look for the reverberations from it. See more »

Trivia:

His son Vicente was born in July 2006. See more »

Nickname:

Waltinho See more »

Star Sign:

Aries