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Walter Salles

Director
Producer
Writer

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Walter Salles at an event for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

With historic success on the awards circuit, especially for star Fernanda Torres, the Brazilian historical drama 'I'm Still Here' (2024) has deep familial ties to its real-life subjects and behind the scenes. 'Central Station' (1998) and 'The Motorcycle Diaries' (2004) director Walter Salles has been close to the Paiva family for over 50 years, including matriarch Eunice Paiva, who held her family together in the face of a cruel military dictatorship.

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Walter Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Central Station (1998), I'm Still Here (2024) and The Motorcycle Diaries (2004). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 83 wins & 45 nominations total

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Known for

Fernanda Montenegro and Vinícius de Oliveira in Central Station (1998)

Central Station

8.0

Movie

Director

1998

Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here (2024)

8.4

Movie

Director

2024

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

The Motorcycle Diaries

7.7

Movie

Director

2004

Foreign Land (1995)

7.4

Movie

Director

1995

Credits

Director

I'm Still Here
8.4
- Director
- 2024
Yep Roc Heresy
5.5
Music Video
- Director ("On The Road" footage)
- 2023
Quando a Terra Treme
6.0
Short
- Director
- 2017
Where Has the Time Gone?
5.4
- Director (segment "When the earth trembles")
- 2017
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
7.1
- Director
- 2014
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
5.7
- Director
- 2013
On the Road
6.0
- Director
- 2012
Stories on Human Rights
5.3
- Director (segment "Voyage")
- 2008
Linha de Passe
7.1
- Director
- 2008
To Each His Own Cinema
6.7
- Director (segment "A 8 944 km de Cannes")
- 2007
Paris, je t'aime
7.2
- Director (segment "Loin du 16e")
- 2006
Dark Water
5.6
- Director (directed by)
- 2005
The Motorcycle Diaries
7.7
- Director
- 2004
Armas e Paz
5.2
Short
- Director
- 2003
Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
5.8
Short
- Director
- 2002

Producer

Noah's Ark
4.3
- producer
- 2024
Mariner of the Mountains
7.2
- producer
- 2021
Amazônia S.A.
7.4
- associate producer
- 2019
Homing
5.9
- co-producer
- 2019
Unremember
7.2
- producer
- 2018
Quando a Terra Treme
6.0
Short
- producer
- 2017
Aquarius
7.4
- co-producer
- 2016
Paulina
6.5
- producer
- 2015
Habi, la extranjera
5.9
- producer
- 2013
On the Road
6.0
- associate producer (uncredited)
- 2012
Construção
2.6
- associate producer
- 2011
Transeunte
6.4
- executive producer
- 2010
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
6.3
- producer
- 2010
Eye of the Storm
5.8
- producer
- 2009
Linha de Passe
7.1
- producer
- 2008

Writer

The Movie Teller
6.6
- writer
- 2023
Irmãos Freitas
8.0
TV Series
- Writer
- 2019
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
7.1
- concept
- 2014
Paris, je t'aime
7.2
- Writer (segment "Loin du 16e")
- 2006
Behind the Sun
7.6
- screenplay
- 2001
2000 vu par... Une collection internationale
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1998
The First Day
6.8
- screenplay
- 1998
Central Station
8.0
- based on an original idea from
- 1998
Socorro Nobre
7.5
Short
- Writer
- 1996
Foreign Land
7.4
- Writer
- 1995

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What You Need to Know About 'I'm Still Here'

What You Need to Know About 'I'm Still Here'

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Personal details

Alternative names
- Walter Salles Jr.
Born
- April 12, 1956
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse
- Maria Klabin? - present (1 child)
Publicity listings
- 2 Interviews
- 3 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Directed two Oscar nominated performances: Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres, mother and daughter, respectively.

Quotes
I don't think we can say what the Latin American identity is, but I think we can try to look for it, and look for the reverberations from it.

Nickname
- Waltinho

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