André Klotzel (born July 30, 1954) is a Brazilian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

, producer and

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. 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 Ga ...

, Klotzel always enjoyed photography and thus studied it at the School of Communications and Arts at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

in 1973. In the following year, he took an internship to work with Anibal Massaini at the

Boca do Lixo Boca do Lixo (, ''Garbage Mouth'') is the popular name given to Santa Efigênia area between the streets Rua do Triunfo and Rua Vitória, in Luz neighborhood located in downtown of São Paulo. Boca was usually characterized by its night clubs and ...

and also directed a short film. He worked on several functions, having worked in almost 15 films in the period he was in the college. In 1985, he directed his first feature film, ''

A Marvada Carne ''A Marvada Carne'' is a 1985 Brazilian romantic comedy film directed by André Klotzel and starring Fernanda Torres, Adilson Barros and Regina Casé. Cast *Adilson Barros ... Quim *Fernanda Torres ... Carula *Dionísio Azevedo ... Nhô Totó ...

'', which won the Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director at the

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of ...

. He won the same awards at the same festival film in 2001 for ''

Memórias Póstumas ''Memórias Póstumas'' (known in English as ''Posthumous Memoirs'' and ''Posthumous Memories'') is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by André Klotzel based on ''The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas'' by Machado de Assis. It follows Brás Cubas ...

''.

Filmography

* '' Maldita Coincidência'' (1979; producer) * '' Janete'' (1983; writer) * ''

'' (1985; director) * ''

Anjos da Noite ''Night Angels'' (Brazilian title: ''Anjos da Noite'') is a 1987 Brazilian drama movie, directed by Wilson Barros. Cast * Zezé Motta as Malu * Antônio Fagundes as Jorge Tadeu * Marco Nanini as Guto * Chiquinho Brandão as Lola / Mauro * Aid ...

'' (1987; executive producer) * '' Capitalismo Selvagem'' (1993; director) * ''Brevísimas Histórias de Gentes de Santos'' (1996; director; documentary) * ''

'' (2001; director) * ''

Reflexões de um Liquidificador ''Reflexões de um Liquidificador'' (''Reflections Of A Blender'') is a 2010 Brazilian surrealist dark comedy directed by André Klotzel. Plot The film follows the story of Elvira, a housewife with a busy lifestyle. Onofre, her husband, disappe ...

'' (2010; director)

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* 1951 births Brazilian film directors Brazilian film producers Brazilian screenwriters Businesspeople from São Paulo University of São Paulo alumni Living people {{Brazil-film-director-stub Brazilian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent