César Charlone (born February 20, 1950) is a

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an film director, screenwriter,

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and cinematographer. He was born in Montevideo but lives in Brazil. In 2003, he was nominated for the

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for Best Cinematography for his work on the highly acclaimed film '' City of God''. On 2007, he directed his first feature film, ''

The Pope's Toilet ''The Pope's Toilet'' ( es, El Baño del Papa) is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez, starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, and Mario Silva. Plot It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazi ...

'', which was selected by Uruguay as its official submission for the 80th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A year earlier, he was invited to join the

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Filmography

Feature films

Documentary films

TV series

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* Brazilian cinematographers 1958 births Living people Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian male actors Uruguayan emigrants to Brazil People from Montevideo {{Uruguay-film-director-stub