Bruno Barreto

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Bruno Barreto (born March 16, 1955) is a Brazilian film director born in Rio de Janeiro. He has been making feature-length films ever since he was seventeen years old and remains one of Brazil’s most accomplished and popular directors to this day. The type of films he makes vary widely from light comedies like Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) and Bossa Nova (2000) to tense political thrillers like Four Days in September (1997). Other films Barreto has directed films include Carried Away and View from the Top. Barreto has been living with actress Amy Irving since 1990, with whom he made Bossa Nova. They wed in 1996 and have one son (Gabriel) together.

[edit] Selected filmography (director)

• Wicked Childhood (2006)
• View from the Top (2003)
• Bossa Nova (2000)
• One Tough Cop (1998)
• Four Days in September (1997)
• Carried Away (1996)
• The Heart of Justice (1993)
• Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)

[edit] External links

• Bruno Barreto at the Internet Movie Database