Director

Joaquim Salles

Writing

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 3683794

Known for: Writing

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2019 - 2025

Years active: 7

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Biography

Filmmaker, screenwriter, and journalist from Rio de Janeiro. He holds degrees from Brown University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. As a journalist, he worked for the BBC in Washington, focusing primarily on environmental reporting, with a special interest in the Amazon region and climate policy. He wrote and directed episodes of the award-winning documentary series “Quebrando o Tabu” (2018–2019) and is also credited as a screenwriter on the documentaries “Encarcerados” (2019) and “O Mito” (2023). “Copinha” is his first feature film.

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