Daniel Ribeiro was born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

on May 20, 1982. He is a Brazilian film director known for his works

You, Me and Him ''You, Me and Him'' ( pt, Café com Leite; tr. ''Coffee with Milk'') is a 2007 Brazilian short film written and directed by Brazilian director Daniel Ribeiro. The film has won many awards including the Crystal Bear for best short film at the 200 ...

(Portuguese: Cafe com Leite) made in 2007 and

I Don't Want To Go Back Alone ''I Don't Want to Go Back Alone'' ( pt, Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho) is a 2010 Brazilian short film directed by Daniel Ribeiro. The short won the 2011 Iris Prize. It was later expanded into Ribeiro's 2014 feature film ''The Way He Looks''. Pl ...

(Portuguese: Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho) made in 2010 which was later made into the full-length feature

The Way He Looks ''The Way He Looks'' ( pt, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, lit=Today I Want to Go Back Alone) is a 2014 Brazilian Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age Romance film, romantic Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Daniel Ribeir ...

(Portuguese: Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) in 2014. In 2007 Ribeiro won an award for

, while the film itself has received many awards including the Crystal Bear for best short film at the 2008

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. The film is about a man named Danilo that is getting ready to move in with his boyfriend Marcos when his parents die unexpectedly and he suddenly has custody of his 10-year-old brother Lucas.

is about a blind boy Leonardo and his best friend Giovana that helps guide him home. When a third friend Gabriel comes into the picture Leonardo begins to realize his feelings for him. The full-length version

contains more detail and changes the plot slightly, but has the same concepts as the short. In 2011

won the

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won two awards at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, the

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for best feature film in the Panorama section, and the

Teddy Award The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay a ...

for best LGBT-themed feature.

Filmography

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

(Café com Leite) *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

(Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)

Awards and nominations

(All awards in 2008 for ''You, Me and Him'') *Winner: 2008 Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at 58th

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/ref> *Winner of Best Short Film (fiction) at the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro *Winner of "Lente de Cristal" for Best Short Film at the 12th

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- United States *Winner: "Coxiponé Trophy" for Best Director of Shorts at the 15th Festival de Cinema e Vídeo de Cuiabá - Brazil *Winner "Menina de Ouro Trophy" for Best Director of Short Films at the First Festival Paulínia de Cinema *Winner of 5 awards at the Festival de Cinema de Campina Grande for: **Best Short Film **Award: Best Short Fiction **Award: Best Director **Award: Best Screenplay **Award: Best Actor (for main lead Daniel Tavares) *Winner of Best Director - Short Films at the 6th Curta Santos *Winner of 2011

for 'Eu não quero voltar sozinho' *Winner of 2014 Jury's choice at

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for

Other awards as a screenwriter: *Winner: Best Script for "ENTRE TODOS" at the Second Festival of Short Films of Human Rights(2008).

References

*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166805/awards *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2406154/awards

External links

Official site of ''You, Me and Him'' (Café com Leite)
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I Don't Want To Go Back Alone - IMDB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Daniel Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters 1982 births Living people Writers from São Paulo LGBT film directors 21st-century LGBT people