Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. (born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence. Read full biography of Walter Salles →
I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times.
I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.
It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and... →
But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise... →
I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet... →
So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really... →
That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much... →
The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and... →
We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by... →
Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. (born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.