Known For
Directing
Known Credits
9
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 12, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (/ˈsɑːlɪs/; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈvawteʁ ˈsalis]; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. A major figure of the Resumption Cinema in Brazil, Salles is widely regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian filmmakers of all time. His accolades include an Academy Award accepted for Best International Film, three Cannes Film Festival prizes, three Venice Film Festival prizes, two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Bear and a Golden Globe.
He first became internationally known for his film Central Station (1998), which earned two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress for Fernanda Montenegro, winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Golden Bear at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. His subsequent works include Behind the Sun (2001), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Dark Water (2005) and On the Road (2012). At the 97th Academy Awards, his critically acclaimed film I'm Still Here (2024) received a rare double nomination for Best Picture and Best International Feature; it won the latter, becoming the first Brazilian film to win an Academy Award in any category.
Heir to Itaú Unibanco, with a fortune valued at US$4.5 billion (R$24.26 billion), Salles is the third richest filmmaker in the world.
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| 2025 | Cyclone...Co-Producer | |
| 2025 | Manas...Associate Producer | |
| 2024 | I'm Still Here...Producer | |
| 2024 | New World...Associate Producer | |
| 2024 | Noah's Ark...Producer | |
| 2023 | Mariner of the Mountains...Producer | |
| 2020 | Narcissus Off Duty...Producer | |
| 2020 | Burning Night...Producer | |
| 2019 | Homing...Producer | |
| 2019 | Unremember...Producer | |
| 2017 | When the Earth Trembles...Producer | |
| 2016 | Aquarius...Co-Producer | |
| 2013 | Habi, The Foreigner...Producer | |
| 2011 | Construção...Associate Producer | |
| 2010 | The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell...Producer | |
| 2009 | Eye of the Storm...Producer | |
| 2008 | Linha de Passe...Producer | |
| 2008 | Café de los maestros...Producer | |
| 2008 | Lion's Den...Co-Producer | |
| 2006 | Love for Sale...Producer | |
| 2006 | Born and Bred...Co-Producer | |
| 2005 | Lower City...Producer | |
| 2005 | Hermanas...Associate Producer | |
| 2002 | Madame Satã...Producer | |
| 2002 | City of God...Producer | |
| 1998 | Central Station...Producer | |
| 1995 | Visão do Paraíso...General Manager | |
| 1987 | Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios...Producer |
| 2025 | The Secret Agent...Thanks | |
| 2015 | From Afar...Thanks | |
| 2002 | El bonaerense...Thanks |
| 2023 | The Movie Teller...Screenplay | |
| 2017 | Where Has Time Gone?...Writer | |
| 2016 | Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang...Writer | |
| 2008 | Linha de Passe...Screenplay | |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime...Writer | |
| 2001 | Behind the Sun...Screenplay | |
| 1998 | Midnight...Writer | |
| 1998 | Central Station...Screenplay | |
| 1996 | Foreign Land...Writer | |
| 1995 | Socorro Nobre...Writer |
| 2019 | The Freitas Brothers...Creator |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded...Editor | |
| 1999 | Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra...Editor | |
| 1996 | Foreign Land...Editor | |
| 1995 | Socorro Nobre...Editor | |
| 1987 | China, o Império do Centro...Editor |
| 2025 | Films to Die Foras Self - Interviewee | |
| 2013 | VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiroas Self | |
| 2008 | Criticas Self | |
| 2005 | Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'as Self | |
| 2004 | Traveling with Che Guevaraas Self | |
| 2002 | At the Edge of the Earthas Self | |
| 2002 | Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creationas Self | |
| 2001 | A Linguagem do Cinemaas | |
| 1953 | The Oscarsas Self |
