Luiz Fernando Carvalho
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
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.
His debut feature film was "Lavoura Arcaica", based on the book by Raduan Nassar. The film won over fifty international and Brazilian awards.
In 2017, Luiz Fernando Carvalho received the APCA Award for "Dois Irmãos", the Emmy Nomination for "Velho Chico" and the Bravo Award (Prêmio Bravo) for Artist of the Year, for his trajectory and aesthetic renovation on television with "Velho Chico" and "Dois Irmãos" and the 15th anniversary of the film ''Lavoura Arcaica''.
For the centennial of the birth of Clarice Lispector, in 2020, Carvalho is releasing a film adaptation of "A Paixão Segundo G.H.". The next director's project is a original script, called "Objetos Perdidos".
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].
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).
His debut feature film was "Lavoura Arcaica", based on the book by Raduan Nassar. The film won over fifty international and Brazilian awards.
In 2017, Luiz Fernando Carvalho received the APCA Award for "Dois Irmãos", the Emmy Nomination for "Velho Chico" and the Bravo Award (Prêmio Bravo) for Artist of the Year, for his trajectory and aesthetic renovation on television with "Velho Chico" and "Dois Irmãos" and the 15th anniversary of the film ''Lavoura Arcaica''.
For the centennial of the birth of Clarice Lispector, in 2020, Carvalho is releasing a film adaptation of "A Paixão Segundo G.H.". The next director's project is a original script, called "Objetos Perdidos".
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].
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).
