Adriana Falcão (born in 1960 in

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) is a Brazilian

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Life

Born in

but moved to

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at 11 years old. First her father committed

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and later her mother too, taking a fatal dose of sleeping pills. Graduated in

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, but never worked in the profession.

Works

Her first

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was ''The Machine'' (A máquina); as a screenwriter wrote for series such as ''Comedy privacy (''Comédias da vida privada''), ''A grande familia (''A large family'', also wrote the screenplays for the

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. Currently publishes chronic in the paper '' O Estado de Sao Paulo''.

Television

* ''Só Dez por Cento é Mentira '' (2008) - Producer * ''Eu e Meu Guarda-Chuva '' (2010) * ''Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' (2009) * ''A Mulher Invisível'' (2008) * ''Chega de Saudade'' (2007) * ''Fica Comigo Esta Noite'' (2006) * ''Irma Vap - O Retorno'' (2006) * ''O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias'' (2006) * ''Se Eu Fosse Você'' (2006) * ''O Auto da Compadecida''

Screenwriter

* ''Quer Tapioca com Manteiga, Freguesa? '' (1985) * ''A Grande Família'' (2001) * ''O Auto da Compadecida'' (1999)

Others

* ''A Máquina'' (Editora Objetiva, 1999) * ''Mania de Explicação '' (2001)http://www.travessa.com.br/MANIA_DE_EXPLICACAO/artigo/ba0ab1bb-843c-4a73-ad17-0ea272769523 Livraria travessa * ''Luna Clara & Apolo Onze'' (2002) * ''Histórias dos tempos de escola: Memória e aprendizado'' (2002); * ''Pequeno dicionário de palavras ao vento'' (2003); * ''Contos de estimação'' (Editora Objetiva, 2003); * ''A comédia dos anjos'' (2004); * ''PS Beijei'' (2004); * ''A tampa do céu'' (2005), * ''Contos de escola'' (2005); * ''O Zodíaco – Doze signos, doze histórias'' (2005); * ''Tarja preta'' (Editora Objetiva, 2005) * ''Sonho de uma noite de verão'' (Coleção Devorando Shakespeare, Editora Objetiva, 2007) * ''A arte de virar a página'' (2009) (Editora Fontanar. Com imagens de Leonardo Miranda)

References

External links

Releituras with Adriana Falcão

Entrevista with Adriana Falcão
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcao, Adriana Brazilian screenwriters 1960 births Living people Brazilian women screenwriters 20th-century Brazilian women writers 21st-century Brazilian women