poster · central station (1998)
Film · 1998
Central Station
Brazil, France · Drama
Director · Producer · Documentary filmmaker
Walter Salles
BrazilACTIVE 1986–present
Walter Salles
- Born
- 12 April 1956 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Professions
- Director, Producer, Documentary filmmaker
- Active
- 1986–present
Between documentary and fiction, Salles films displacement: people crossing a country to find out who they are. Central Station gave the Brazilian cinema of the Retomada its international landmark.
With I’m Still Here (2024) he gave Brazil its first Academy Award for Best International Feature — nearly three decades after Central Station came close.
Career
- 1986–1995
- Documentaries and Foreign Land (with Daniela Thomas).
- 1998–2012
- Central Station, Behind the Sun, The Motorcycle Diaries and On the Road.
- 2024–2025
- I’m Still Here: Academy Award for Best International Feature.
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