André Klotzel (born July 30, 1954) is a Brazilian
film director,
producer and
screenwriter. Born in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
, Klotzel always enjoyed photography and thus studied it at the
School of Communications and Arts at the
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...
in 1973. In the following year, he took an internship to work with
Anibal Massaini at the
Boca do Lixo and also directed a short film. He worked on several functions, having worked in almost 15 films in the period he was in the college.
In 1985, he directed his first feature film, ''
A Marvada Carne'',
[ which won the Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director at the ]Gramado Film Festival
The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Br ...
.[
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Filmography
* '' Maldita Coincidência'' (1979; producer)
* '' Janete'' (1983; writer)
* '' A Marvada Carne'' (1985; director)
* '' Anjos da Noite'' (1987; executive producer)
* '' Capitalismo Selvagem'' (1993; director)
* ''Brevísimas Histórias de Gentes de Santos'' (1996; director; documentary)
* '' Memórias Póstumas'' (2001; director)
* '' Reflexões de um Liquidificador'' (2010; director)
References
External links
*
1951 births
Brazilian film directors
Brazilian film producers
Brazilian screenwriters
Businesspeople from São Paulo
University of São Paulo alumni
Living people
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Brazilian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent