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| Popular As | Luiz Fernando Carvalho |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 28, 1960 (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| Birthday | July 28 |
| Town/City | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazil |
Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Luiz Fernando Carvalho was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Carvalho studied Architecture and Literature. For cinema, still very young, in 1984, wrote and directed the short film "A Espera", based on "A Lover's Discourse: Fragments ", by Roland Barthes, which won the best film, actress and photography awards [Concha de Oro] at the 34th Festival de San Sebastian, Spain, and the special jury prize at the Festival de Ste.
Therèse, Canada.For television [TV Globo], Luiz Fernando Carvalho was assistant director on the mini-series "O Tempo e O Vento" and "Grande Sertão: Veredas", until he started directing work such as "Riacho Doce", adapted from the book by José Lins do Rego.
As general director he directed "Os Homens Querem Paz" [Finalist of the 34th Festival of Cinema and Video of New York], "Uma Mulher Vestida de Sol" and "A Farsa da Boa Preguiça", the last two based on books by Ariano Suassuna.
He directed the drama series "Renascer" and "O Rei do Gado". In 2001 he directed the mini-series "Os Maias", based on the book by Eça de Queiroz. In 2005, he created and directed the two parts of the micro-series "Hoje é Dia de Maria", inspired by stories from Brazilian oral traditions [Input International Board - Taipei, 2005; finalist of the International Emmy Awards 2005 - categories Mini-series for TV and Best Actress [Carolina Oliveira]; Hors Concours - Banff, Canada, 2006; Prix Jeunesse International 2006 - Munich, Germany; Grande Prêmio da Crítica APCA 2005; Prêmio Clara de Assis 2006 - CNBB [Confederação Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil].
His debut feature film was "Lavoura Arcaica", based on the book by Raduan Nassar. The film won over fifty international and Brazilian awards.Luiz Fernando Carvalho directed a nucleus at Rede Globo, where he carried out the Quadrante project, launched in June 2007 with the adaptation of the novel "A Pedra do Reino" by writer Ariano Suassuna.
The Quadrante emerged from the director's desire to reveal the country's stories, dreams and contradictions through literary adaptations, understanding Brazilian culture as a decisive factor in the identity and development of its people.
There is a marked contrast between the director's television works: from the pop design of the 60s in the series "Correio Feminino" (2013) to the classic rigor of the mini-series "Os Maias" (2001), the urban references of the working-class suburbs in the mini-series "Suburbia" (2012) to the playfulness of the soap "Meu Pedacinho de Chão" (2014), the aesthetic research of the Sertão (backcountry) in "Velho Chico" (2016) to the Brazilian fairy tale of the mini-series "Hoje É Dia de Maria" (2005) and the realistic universe of family tragedy in "Dois Irmãos" (2017).
In 2017, the director received the APCA Award for "Dois Irmãos", the Best Telenovela Emmy Nomination for "Velho Chico" and the Bravo Award (Prêmio Bravo) for Artist of the Year, for his trajectory and esthetic renovation on television with "Velho Chico" and "Dois Irmãos" and the 15th anniversary of the film ''Lavoura Arcaica''.
The next director's projects are a film adaptation of Clarice Lispector's "A Paixão Segundo G.H." and "Objetos Perdidos", a original script written by Luiz Fernando Carvalho in collaboration with the author João Paulo Cuenca.
