Adriana Falcão (born in 1960 in

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) is a Brazilian

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Life

Born in

but moved to

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at 11 years old. First her father committed

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and later her mother too, taking a fatal dose of sleeping pills. Graduated in

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, but never worked in the profession.

Works

Her first

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was ''The Machine'' (A máquina); as a screenwriter wrote for series such as ''Comedy privacy (''Comédias da vida privada''), ''A grande familia (''A large family'', also wrote the screenplays for the film. Currently publishes chronic in the paper '' O Estado de Sao Paulo''.

Television

* ''Só Dez por Cento é Mentira '' (2008) - Producer * ''Eu e Meu Guarda-Chuva '' (2010) * ''Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' (2009) * ''A Mulher Invisível'' (2008) * ''Chega de Saudade'' (2007) * ''Fica Comigo Esta Noite'' (2006) * ''Irma Vap - O Retorno'' (2006) * ''O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias'' (2006) * ''Se Eu Fosse Você'' (2006) * ''O Auto da Compadecida''

Screenwriter

* ''Quer Tapioca com Manteiga, Freguesa? '' (1985) * ''A Grande Família'' (2001) * ''O Auto da Compadecida'' (1999)

Others

* ''A Máquina'' (Editora Objetiva, 1999) * ''Mania de Explicação '' (2001)http://www.travessa.com.br/MANIA_DE_EXPLICACAO/artigo/ba0ab1bb-843c-4a73-ad17-0ea272769523 Livraria travessa * ''Luna Clara & Apolo Onze'' (2002) * ''Histórias dos tempos de escola: Memória e aprendizado'' (2002); * ''Pequeno dicionário de palavras ao vento'' (2003); * ''Contos de estimação'' (Editora Objetiva, 2003); * ''A comédia dos anjos'' (2004); * ''PS Beijei'' (2004); * ''A tampa do céu'' (2005), * ''Contos de escola'' (2005); * ''O Zodíaco – Doze signos, doze histórias'' (2005); * ''Tarja preta'' (Editora Objetiva, 2005) * ''Sonho de uma noite de verão'' (Coleção Devorando Shakespeare, Editora Objetiva, 2007) * ''A arte de virar a página'' (2009) (Editora Fontanar. Com imagens de Leonardo Miranda)

References

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Releituras with Adriana Falcão

Entrevista with Adriana Falcão
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcao, Adriana Brazilian screenwriters 1960 births Living people Brazilian women screenwriters 20th-century Brazilian women writers 21st-century Brazilian women