Jorge Furtado

Jorge Furtado
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Born June 9, 1959
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Occupation Film writer and director
Known for Isle of Flowers (1989)

Jorge Furtado (born June 9, 1959, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), is a Brazilian film writer and director. He also works for Rede Globo. One of his most recognized pictures is the short film Isle of Flowers from 1989. His most recent work is the documentary O Mercado de Notícias, released in 2014.

Biography

Partially self-educated, Jorge went to university courses like medicine, psicology, journalism and arts but didn't take any of these graduations to its end. He began his professional career in the 1980s on a local channell called TVE-RS working as reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter and producer. On 1982 created a TV show called "Quizumba", that mixed ficction and documentary with a very audacious language for the public Brazilian television.

Between 1984 and 1986 Jorge was director of the museum "Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa" in Porto Alegre, by the same time with the help of José Pedro Goulart and Ana Luiza Azevedo created the company "Luz Produções". With this he effort realized his two first short films and produced plays for theater. On 1986 began working with publicity and made dozens of TV commercials till 1990.

In 1987 he was one of the founders of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in which he still participates. On 1990 he worked on TV Globo making scripts for many TV series.

Many countries have realized retrospectives as a tribute to his work, can be cited: Hamburg (1994), Rotterdam (1995), São Paulo (1997), Santa Maria da Feira (1998), Goiânia (2002), Toulouse (2004), Paris (2005), London (2006) e Brussels (2006). In 2008 the Harvard University promoted an exhibition with his films called "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre".[1]

Filmography

As director and screenwriter

Only as screenwriter

Main Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 2007-08-28.

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