Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts, but did not graduate. He began his professional career in the 1980s on a local channel TVE-RS working as reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter and producer. In 1982 created a TV show ''Quizumba'', that mixed fiction and documentary with very audacious language for the Brazilian public television. Between 1984 and 1986, Furtado was director of the museum Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa in

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. At the same time, with the help of José Pedro Goulart and Ana Luiza Azevedo, he created the company Luz Produções, where he made two short films and produced plays for theater. From 1986 to 1990, he made dozens of TV commercials. In 1987, he was one of the founders of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in which he still participates. In 1990, he worked on

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making scripts for many TV series. In 2008,

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promoted an exhibition of his films called "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre".

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

* 2003: "Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil" as best director and best original script for ''The Man Who Copied''. * 2003: Best script on the "Brazilian Film Festival of Miami", for ''The Man Who Copied''. * 2003: Critics' award on the "Festival Internacional de

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" for ''The Man Who Copied''. * 2004: Prêmio ACIE de Cinema for Best Picture for ''The Man Who Copied''. * 2002: "Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil" for best original script with ''Two summers''. * 2002: Best movie award on "Cine Ceará" for ''Two Summers''. * 2002: Best director award on "Cine Ceará" for ''Two Summers''. * 2002: Best movie award on "Festival de Cinema Brasileiro" in

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, for ''Two Summers''. * 1995: "Kikito" of Best Brazilian movie on the "Festival de Gramado" for ''Felicidade é…''. * 1989: Best short movie on the

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for ''Island of Flowers''. * 1988: Best short movie on the

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for ''Barbosa''. * 1986: Best short movie on the festivals of Gramado, Havana and Huelva, with ''The Day Dorival Faced the Guards''.

References

External links

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Site of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

Official website of the movie "O Mercado de Notícias"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furtado, Jorge Living people People from Porto Alegre 1959 births Brazilian film directors Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni Authors of Brazilian telenovelas Brazilian male writers Male television writers International Emmy Award–winning screenwriters