Jorge Furtado
Born: 1959-06-09 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- O Auto da Compadecida 2 ... (Writers' Assistant)
2025
- Virgínia e Adelaide ... (Writer)
- Grande Sertão ... (Writer)
- A Fábrica de Sonhos ... (Writer)
- Família em Construção ... (Consulting Producer)
2024
- The Rogue's Trial ... (Writers' Assistant)
- A Happy Family ... (Associate Producer)
- dr4g0n ... (Story Supervisor)
- Great Sertão ... (Writer)
- Tô Nessa ... (Creator)
2023
- Meu Nome é Gal ... (Associate Producer)
- Toll ... (Associate Producer)
- Luis Fernando Verissimo - O Filme
2022
- Vai Dar Nada ... (Writer)
- O Debate ... (Writer)
2020
- All the Women in the World ... (Creator)
- Amor e Sorte ... (Writer)
- Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat ... (Creator)
- Cretinália as Self
- Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil ... (Writer)
2019
- Through Ernesto's Eyes ... (Screenplay)
2018
- Rend Your Heart ... (Director)
2017
- Under Pressure ... (Writer)
- Quem É Primavera das Neves as Self
2016
- Nothing Remains the Same ... (Writer)
2015
- Mister Brau ... (Creator)
- True Beauty ... (Director)
- Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme ... (Writer)
2014
- Sweet Mother ... (Writer)
- Good Luck ... (Screenplay)
- The Staple of News ... (Director)
2012
- Sweet Mother ... (Director)
- The Screenwriter as Himself
- Até a Vista ... (Writer)
2011
- The Invisible Woman ... (Writer)
- Homens de Bem ... (Director)
- Velázquez e a Teoria Quântica da Gravidade ... (Director)
- Ilha das Flores: Depois Que A Sessão Acabou as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Before the World Ends ... (Writer)
2009
- Decamerão: A Comédia do Sexo ... (Director)
2008
- Critic as Self
- Ó Paí, Ó: A Série ... (Writer)
- Romance ... (Writer)
2007
- Basic Sanitation, the Movie ... (Writer)
- Rummikub ... (Screenplay)
2006
- Antonia ... (Screenplay)
- Inacreditável: A Batalha dos Aflitos as Himself
2005
- O Coronel e o Lobisomem ... (Writer)
2004
- My Uncle Killed a Guy ... (Screenplay)
- Fraternidade ... (Director)
- Oscar Boz ... (Director)
2003
- Cena Aberta ... (Creator)
- The Man Who Copied ... (Writer)
- Benjamim ... (Screenplay)
- Lisbela and the Prisoner ... (Screenplay)
2002
- City of Men ... (Writer)
- Two Summers ... (Director)
- Dona Cristina Perdeu a Memória ... (Writer)
2001
- Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented ... (Writer)
- A Linguagem do Cinema
2000
- Brava Gente ... (Director)
- A Invenção do Brasil ... (Creator)
- Tolerância ... (Writer)
- The Sandwich ... (Writer)
1999
- Luna Caliente ... (Director)
- 3 Minutes ... (Writer)
1997
- Ângelo Anda Sumido ... (Director)
1995
- Felicidade É... ... (Director)
- Estrada ... (Director)
1994
- Memorial de Maria Moura ... (Creator)
- A Comédia da Vida Privada ... (Director)
- A Matadeira ... (Director)
- Veja Bem ... (Director)
1993
- Black August ... (Writer)
- O Alienista ... (Writer)
1991
- This Is Not Your Life ... (Director)
- O Vampiro de Novo Hamburgo ... (Screenplay)
- Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
- Dona Silvia não gostava de música ... (Director)
1989
- Isle of Flowers ... (Screenplay)
1988
- Barbosa ... (Director)
1986
- The Day Dorival Faced the Guard ... (Director)
1984
- Temporal ... (Director)