Jorge Furtado

Directing·Jun 9, 1959·Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism, and arts, but did not graduate. He began his professional career in the 1980s on a local channel TVE-RS working as a reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter, and producer. In 1982 created a TV show Quizumba, which mixed fiction and documentary with very audacious language for the Brazilian public television. Between 1984 and 1986, Furtado was director of the museum Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa in Porto Alegre. At the same time, with the help of José Pedro Goulart and Ana Luiza Azevedo, he created the company Luz Produções, where he made two short films and produced plays for theater. From 1986 to 1990, he made dozens of TV commercials. In 1987, he was one of the founders of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in which he still participates. In 1990, he worked on TV Globo making scripts for many TV series. In 2008, Harvard University promoted an exhibition of his films called "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jorge Furtado, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Muito Prazer2026 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Virgínia e Adelaide2025 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Fábrica de Sonhos2025 · Writer	Writer
Great Sertão2024 · Writer	Writer
Luis Fernando Verissimo - O Filme2023 · Actor	Actor
O Debate2022 · Writer	Writer
Vai Dar Nada2022 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat2020 · Writer	Writer
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil2020 · Writer	Writer
Cretinália2020 · Self, Writer, Director	Self, Writer, Director
Through Ernesto's Eyes2019 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Rend Your Heart2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Quem É Primavera das Neves2017 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
True Beauty2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme2015 · Writer	Writer
Good Luck2014 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Staple of News2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sweet Mother2012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Até a Vista2012 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Screenwriter2012 · Himself	Himself
Homens de Bem2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ilha das Flores: Depois Que A Sessão Acabou2011 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Velázquez e a Teoria Quântica da Gravidade2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Before the World Ends2010 · Writer	Writer
Romance2008 · Writer	Writer
Critic2008 · Self	Self
Basic Sanitation, the Movie2007 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Rummikub2007 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Inacreditável: A Batalha dos Aflitos2006 · Himself	Himself
O Coronel e o Lobisomem2005 · Writer	Writer
My Uncle Killed a Guy2004 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Fraternidade2004 · Director	Director
Oscar Boz2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Benjamim2003 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Lisbela and the Prisoner2003 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Man Who Copied2003 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Two Summers2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dona Cristina Perdeu a Memória2002 · Writer	Writer
Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented2001 · Writer	Writer
A Linguagem do Cinema2001 · Actor	Actor
Tolerância2000 · Writer	Writer
The Sandwich2000 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
3 Minutes1999 · Writer	Writer
Ângelo Anda Sumido1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Felicidade É...1995 · Director	Director
Estrada1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Matadeira1994 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Veja Bem1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer