Anna Muylaert

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Anna Muylaert
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Muylaert in 2016
BornApril 21, 1964 (1964-04-21) (age 57)
OccupationScreenwriter, director
Years active1979–present

Anna Muylaert (born April 21, 1964) is a Brazilian screenwriter and television and film director.

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Education and early career

Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo (USP) from 1980 to 1984. [1] She became a film critic for IstoÉ and O Estado de S. Paulo and in 1988 she joined the staff of Rede Gazeta's program TV Mix. [1] [2] In 1999, she worked as an editor and reporter on TV Cultura's Matéria-Prima. She also wrote scripts for the Cultura programs Mundo da Lua (1991–92) and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1994–97). [1]

Directing career

Muylaert has directed six short films which won awards at Rio Cine e Cine Ceará [2] [3] —before directing her first feature film, Durval Discos (2002). [1] It won seven awards out of fourteen nominations at Festival de Gramado, including Best Director and Best Film. [1] Seven years later, she released her second film, É Proibido Fumar , which won eight awards at Festival de Brasília, including Best Screenplay and Best Film. [3] Muylaert directed Chamada a Cobrar (2012), based on a television film Para Aceitá-la Continue na Linha (2010), which she also directed. [4] Her fourth film, The Second Mother , entered the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and Panorama at Berlinale film festival, where the film received the Audience Award. [5]

Mulaert's 2016 film Don't Call Me Son premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

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List of films directed by Anna Muylaert
YearOriginal titleEnglish release titleLanguage(s)Notes
1979Kikos MarinhosDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngPortugueseCo-directed with Márcio Ferrari.
1983Hot DogDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngPortugueseCo-directed with Márcio Ferrari.
1984Paixão XXDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngPortuguese
1988Rock PaulistaDagger-14-plain.pngPortugueseShort documentary on contemporary rock bands of São Paulo.
1992As Rosas Não CalamDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngPortuguese
1994-1995 Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum PortugueseTV series. Segment director for 11 episodes.
1995A Origem dos Bebês Segundo Kiki CavalcantiDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngPortuguese
2002 Durval Discos Durval Discos / Durval RecordsPortuguese
2006 Um Menino Muito Maluquinho PortugueseTV series. Co-created with Cao Hamburger. Writer for all 26 episodes.
2009 É Proibido Fumar Smoke Gets in Your EyesPortuguese
2012Arco-ÍrisDouble-dagger-14-plain.pngRainbowPortugueseEpisode of TV series Preamar .
2012 Chamada a Cobrar Chamada a CobrarPortuguese
2013As CanalhasPortugueseTV series. Director of episodes "Carolina" and "Amélia".
2013E Além de Tudo Me Deixou Mudo o ViolãoWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsPortugueseTV film
2015 Que Horas Ela Volta? The Second MotherPortuguese
2016 Mãe Só Há Uma Don't Call Me SonPortuguese
TBAJéssicasDagger-14-plain.pngPortuguese

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Anna Muylaert, premiada em Gramado, fala de seu longa de estréia Durval Discos" (in Portuguese). Universo Online . Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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