
João Moreira Salles
63 years
Biography
João Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro, born 1962) is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine Piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University.
Acting (3 movies)
Directing (14 movies)

News from a Personal War
1999

Santiago
2007

Nelson Freire
2003

Intermissions
2004
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Jorge Amado
1996

Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
1999

Futebol
1998

In the Intense Now
2017

Atos: A campanha pública de Lula
2004

Poesia é uma ou duas linhas, por trás uma imensa paisagem
1990

Poema Sujo
2010

China, o Império do Centro
1987
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Santa Cruz
2000

My Foreign Land
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios | 1987 | Producer |
| China, o Império do Centro | 1987 | Writer |
| Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy | 1989 | Writer |
| Jorge Amado | 1996 | Writer |
| News from a Personal War | 1999 | Writer |
| Master, a Building in Copacabana | 2002 | Producer |
| Nelson Freire | 2003 | Writer |
| Metalworkers | 2004 | Executive Producer |
| The End and the Beginning | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| Santiago | 2007 | Screenplay |
| Playing | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Moscow | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| A Família Braz: Dois Tempos | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| A Night in 67 | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| Songs | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Last Conversations | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| In the Intense Now | 2017 | Writer |
| I Owe You a Letter About Brazil | 2019 | Producer |
| Narcissus Off Duty | 2020 | Producer |
| My Foreign Land | 2025 | Producer |
| Creatures of the Mind | 2025 | Producer |

