Jorge Furtado | |
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Born | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | June 9, 1959
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter.
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 Porto Alegre. 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 TV Globo making scripts for many TV series.
In 2008, Harvard University promoted an exhibition of his films called "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre". [1]
Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1984 | Temporal | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1986 | O Dia em que Dorival Encarou a Guarda | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1988 | Barbosa | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1989 | Isle of Flowers | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1990 | Memória | No | Yes | Short film |
1991 | Esta Não é a Sua Vida | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1994 | Veja Bem | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1994 | A Matadeira | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1995 | Estrada | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1997 | Ângelo Anda Sumido | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1999 | Três Minutos | No | Yes | Short film |
2000 | O Sanduíche | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2000 | Tolerance | No | Yes | |
2001 | Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil | No | Yes | |
2002 | Houve uma Vez Dois Verões | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | Benjamim | No | Yes | |
2003 | The Man Who Copied | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | Lisbela e o Prisioneiro | No | Yes | |
2004 | Oscar Boz | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2004 | Meu Tio Matou um Cara | Yes | Yes | |
2005 | O Coronel e o Lobisomem | No | Yes | |
2007 | Saneamento Básico | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | Rummikub | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2010 | Antes Que o Mundo Acabe | No | Yes | |
2010 | Velazquez e a Teoria Quântica da Gravidade | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2010 | Até a Vista | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2014 | O Mercado de Notícias | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Real Beleza | Yes | Yes | |
2018 | Rasga Coração | Yes | Yes |
Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1993 | Agosto | No | Yes | |
1994 | Memorial de Maria Moura | No | Yes | |
1995 | A Comédia da Vida Privada | Yes | Yes | |
1997 | Anchietanos | Yes | Yes | Television film |
1999 | Luna Caliente | Yes | Yes | |
2000 | A Invenção do Brasil | No | Yes | |
2000 | Brava Gente | Yes | Yes | Episode: "Meia Encarnada Dura de Sangue" |
2001 | Os Normais | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
2008–2009 | Ó Paí, Ó | No | Yes | 10 episodes |
2009 | Decamerão: A Comédia do Sexo | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | A Mulher Invisível | No | Yes | 1 episode |
2011 | Homens de Bem | Yes | Yes | Television film |
2011–2013 | A História do Amor | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Doce de Mãe | Yes | Yes | Television film |
2014 | Doce de Mãe | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Mister Brau | No | Yes | |
2016 | Nada Será Como Antes | No | Yes | |
2017 | Sob Pressão | No | Yes | 3 episodes |
2020 | Todas as Mulheres do Mundo | No | Yes | |
2020 | Amor e Sorte | No | Yes |
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