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Walter Lima Jr.
Walter Lima Jr. (born 26 November 1938) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1965. His 1969 film '' Brazil Year 2000'' was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ .... Selected filmography * '' Black God, White Devil'' (1964 – writer) * '' Brazil Year 2000'' (1969) * '' The Lyre of Delight'' (1978) * ''Inocencia'' (1983) * '' The Oyster and the Wind'' (1997) References External links * 1938 births Living people Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian male screenwriters {{Brazil-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil Year 2000
''Brazil Year 2000'' () is a 1969 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr. Cast * Anecy Rocha as Girl * Ênio Gonçalves as Reporter * Hélio Fernando as Son * Iracema de Alencar as Mother * Zbigniew Ziembinski as General (as Ziembinsky) * Manfredo Colassanti as Man of the S.E.I. * Arduíno Colassanti as Driver * Rodolfo Arena as Priest * Jackson De Souza as Politician * Aizita Nascimento as Woman * Raul Cortez as Man who protests Production Filming took place in 1968. The staff stayed three months in Paraty before moving to Rio de Janeiro for additional shooting in places such as the National Museum of Brazil and the Brazilian National Archives. Reception The film was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival where it won a Silver Bear. It also won the Best Film Award at the 1970 Cartagena Film Festival The Cartagena Film Festival (), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Berlin International Film Festival
The 19th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1969. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Early Works'' directed by Želimir Žilnik. Jury The following jury members were announced for the festival: * Johannes Schaaf, West-German actor and filmmaker- Jury President * Agnesa Kalinova, Czech-Slovak journalist and film critic * José P. Dominiani, Argentinian screenwriter and film critic * François Chalais, Belgian journalist and film historian * John Russell Taylor, British writer and film critic * Giovanni Grazzini, Italian film critic * Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese filmmaker * Archer Winsten, American film critic * Ulrich Gregor, West-German film historian Official Sections Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Official Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear: '' Early Works'' by Želimir Žilnik * Silver Bear: ** '' A Quiet Place in the Country'' by Elio Petri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's " Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the " Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black God, White Devil
''Black God, White Devil'' ( - ; literally, "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun") is a 1964 Brazilian Revisionist Western film directed and written by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and Geraldo Del Rey. Shot in Monte Santo, Bahia, it belongs to the Cinema Novo movement, addressing the sociopolitical setting of the 1960s Brazil. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted ''Black God, White Devil'' the 2nd greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films. Plot In the 1940s, during another drought in the sertão, ranch hand Manoel is fed up with his situation and hopes to buy his own plot of land. His boss tries to cheat him of his earnings and Manoel kills him, fleeing with his wife, Rosa. Now an outlaw, Manoel travels to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lyre Of Delight
''The Lyre of Delight'' () is a 1978 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Anecy Rocha as Ness Elliott * Cláudio Marzo * Paulo César Peréio * Antonio Pedro See also * List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Brazil has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1960. The award is handed out annually by the United States–based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature length motion picture produced ... References External links * 1978 films 1978 drama films 1970s Portuguese-language films Brazilian drama films Films directed by Walter Lima Jr. 1970s Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ostra E O Vento
''The Oyster and the Wind'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''A Ostra e o Vento'') is a 1997 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr., based on the book by Moacir C. Lopes. It premiered at the 54th Venice International Film Festival, 54th edition of the Venice Film Festival, where it competed in the main competition. Cast *Lima Duarte as José *Leandra Leal as Marcela *Fernando Torres (actor), Fernando Torres as Daniel *Castrinho as Pepe *Floriano Peixoto (actor), Floriano Peixoto as Roberto *Márcio Vito as Carrera *Débora Bloch as Marcela's mother *Hannah Brauer as Marcela child Awards 1997: Biarritz Film Festival #Best Actress (Leandra Leal) (won) 1997: Venice Film Festival #Golden Lion (''Nominee'') #CinemAvvenire Award (won) 1998: Fribourg International Film Festival #Don Quixote Award (won) 1998: São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards #Best Film #Most Promising Actress (Leandra Leal) (won) #Best Cinematography (Pedro Farkas) (won) References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Births
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
