Anna Muylaert
Anna Muylaert | |
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Born | April 21, 1964 São Paulo, Brazil | (age 57)
Occupation | Screenwriter, director |
Years active | 1979–present |
Anna Muylaert (born April 21, 1964) is a Brazilian screenwriter and television and film director.
Education and early career[]
Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo (USP) from 1980 to 1984.[1] She became a film critic for IstoÉ and O Estado de S. Paulo and in 1988 she joined the staff of Rede Gazeta's program TV Mix.[1][2] In 1999, she worked as an editor and reporter on TV Cultura's Matéria-Prima. She also wrote scripts for the Cultura programs Mundo da Lua (1991–92) and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1994–97).[1]
Directing career[]
Muylaert has directed six short films which won awards at Rio Cine e Cine Ceará[2][3]—before directing her first feature film, Durval Discos (2002).[1] It won seven awards out of fourteen nominations at Festival de Gramado, including Best Director and Best Film.[1] Seven years later, she released her second film, É Proibido Fumar, which won eight awards at Festival de Brasília, including Best Screenplay and Best Film.[3] Muylaert directed Chamada a Cobrar (2012), based on a television film Para Aceitá-la Continue na Linha (2010), which she also directed.[4] Her fourth film, The Second Mother, entered the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and Panorama at Berlinale film festival, where the film received the Audience Award.[5]
Mulaert's 2016 film Don't Call Me Son premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography[]
Indicates a documentary | Indicates a short film |
Year | Original title | English release title | Language(s) | Notes |
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1979 | Kikos Marinhos | Portuguese | Co-directed with Márcio Ferrari. | |
1983 | Hot Dog | Portuguese | Co-directed with Márcio Ferrari. | |
1984 | Paixão XX | Portuguese | ||
1988 | Rock Paulista | Portuguese | Short documentary on contemporary rock bands of São Paulo. | |
1992 | As Rosas Não Calam | Portuguese | ||
1994-1995 | Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum | Portuguese | TV series. Segment director for 11 episodes. | |
1995 | A Origem dos Bebês Segundo Kiki Cavalcanti | Portuguese | ||
2002 | Durval Discos | Durval Discos / Durval Records | Portuguese | |
2009 | É Proibido Fumar | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Portuguese | |
2012 | Arco-Íris | Rainbow | Portuguese | Episode of TV series Preamar. |
2013 | Chamada a Cobrar | Chamada a Cobrar | Portuguese | |
2013 | As Canalhas | Portuguese | TV series. Director of episodes "Carolina" and "Amélia". | |
2013 | E Além de Tudo Me Deixou Mudo o Violão | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Portuguese | TV film |
2015 | Que Horas Ela Volta? | The Second Mother | Portuguese | |
2016 | Mãe Só Há Uma | Don't Call Me Son | Portuguese | |
TBA | Jéssicas | Portuguese |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Alves Jr., Dirceu (September 2, 2002). "Uma voz inteligente". IstoÉ Gente (in Portuguese). Editora Três. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Anna Muylaert, premiada em Gramado, fala de seu longa de estréia Durval Discos" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b August, Heitor (October 3, 2012). "A trajetória crítica de Anna Muylaert". Revista de Cinema (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ Pontes, Trajano (October 25, 2012). "Novo filme de Anna Muylaert une crime e descoberta pessoal". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ "Sundance Institute Announces Films in US and World Competitions, for 2015 Sundance Film Festival". sundance.org. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
External links[]
- Anna Muylaert at IMDb
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Brazilian screenwriters
- Brazilian women film directors
- Writers from São Paulo
- Women screenwriters