Walter Lima Jr. (born 26 November 1938) is a Brazilian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He has directed 17 films since 1965. His 1969 film ''

Brazil Year 2000 ''Brazil Year 2000'' () is a 1969 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr. Cast * Anecy Rocha as Girl * Ênio Gonçalves as Reporter * Hélio Fernando as Son * Iracema de Alencar as Mother * Zbigniew Ziembinski as General (as Ziembi ...

'' was entered into the

19th Berlin International Film Festival The 19th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1969. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Early Works'' directed by Želimir Žilnik. Jury The following jury members were announced for the festival: * Johannes ...

, where it won a

Silver Bear The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Black God, White Devil ''Black God, White Devil'' ( - ; literally, "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun") is a 1964 Brazilian Revisionist Western film directed and written by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and G ...

'' (1964 – writer) * ''

'' (1969) * ''

The Lyre of Delight ''The Lyre of Delight'' () is a 1978 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick ...

'' (1978) * ''Inocencia'' (1983) * '' The Oyster and the Wind'' (1997)

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* 1938 births Living people Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian male screenwriters {{Brazil-film-director-stub