Roberto Santucci (born 1967) is a Brazilian

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. Santucci holds degrees for the

Columbia College Hollywood Columbia College Hollywood (CCH) is a private college in Los Angeles, California. It is one of only 20 film institutions in the United States that have been awarded full membership by the International Association of Film and Television Schools ...

and

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...

. He started his career as a filmmaker directing short films, and then action films. However, due to low box offices, and even a film that was never released, ''Alucinados'', Santucci decided to "do a film that they

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want to do". This was ''De Pernas pro Ar'', a commercial success, followed by other comedy commercial success, including ''Até que a Sorte nos Separe'' and ''De Pernas pro Ar 2''.

Filmography

* ''Helpless'' (1994; short film) * ''Bienvenido Brazil'' (1995; short film) * '' Olé – Um Movie Cabra da Peste'' (2000) * ''

Bellini and the Sphinx ''Bellini and the Sphinx'' ( pt, Bellini e a Esfinge) is 2001 Brazilian crime film directed by Roberto Santucci. Based on Tony Bellotto's homonymous novel, it stars Fabio Assunção as Remo Bellini, a São Paulo-based detective who investigates m ...

'' (2001) * ''Alucinados'' (2008) * ''

De Pernas pro Ar ''De Pernas pro Ar'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Upside Down'') is a 2010 Cinema of Brazil, Brazilian comedy film directed by Roberto Santucci. The film had its premiere on December 25, 2010, with official debut on December 31, 2010. ...

'' (2010) * '' Sequestro Relâmpago'' (2010) * '' Até que a Sorte nos Separe'' (2012) * ''

De Pernas pro Ar 2 ''De Pernas pro Ar 2'' is a 2012 Brazilian comedy film, directed by Roberto Santucci and written by Mariza Leão. It is a sequel of the 2010 film ''De Pernas pro Ar'', starring Ingrid Guimarães, Bruno Garcia, Maria Paula, Eriberto Leão, Denise ...

'' (2012) * '' Odeio o Dia dos Namorados'' (2013) * '' Até que a Sorte nos Separe 2'' (2013) * ''De Pernas pro Ar 3'' (2015)

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* 1967 births Brazilian film directors Brazilian film producers Brazilian screenwriters Living people University of California alumni {{Brazil-film-director-stub Brazilian people of Italian descent