Renê Belmonte (born January 27, 1971, in

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) is a Brazilian TV and movie screenwriter. Belmonte studied advertising at ESPM in

then studied moviewriting in

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. After moving to

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in 2001 he worked at Total Entertainment for three years, evaluating and developing projects in-house. Since 1999 he has been giving screenwriting courses and workshops for different schools and entities. In television he was segment producer and headwriter for the reality show ''Temptation Island Brazil'' (for SBT) and staff writer of the comedy show ''Sob Nova Direção'' (TV Globo). In 2006 he was the creator and headwriter of the sitcom ''Avassaladoras'' for Fox Television and Record. For the big screen he wrote ''Sexo, amor e traição'' (2004), directed by Jorge Fernando, and ''Se eu fosse você'' (2006), directed by Daniel Filho, two of the biggest hits in the recent Brazilian filmography. His latest works include the German film ''Showdebola'', directed by Alexander Pickl, and ''Sexo com Amor'', directed by

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, with a 2008 summer release date. He also wrote the script of ''Entre Sábanas'', a

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n film by Gustavo Nieto Roa currently filming in

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Film credits

* Sexo, amor e traição (2004) * Showdebola (2005) * Se eu fosse você (2006) * Sexo com Amor (2008) * Entre Sábanas (in production)

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* Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian male screenwriters Living people 1971 births {{brazil-tv-bio-stub