Daniel Filho
Born: 1937-09-30 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For: Directing
Biography
João Carlos Daniel Filho, better known as Daniel Filho (Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 1937), is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, presenter and author. Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Cheer to Life as Seu Ulisses
- Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self
- Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem as Self
2022
- Executive Order ... (Producer)
2021
- Venice ... (Associate Producer)
2020
- Just Another Christmas as Seu Pedro
- The Silence of The Rain ... (Producer)
2019
- Sai de Baixo: O Filme ... (Producer)
- Golden Mouth as Newspaper Clerk
2018
2017
- Duas de Mim as Daniel Filho
2016
- It's a Fairy! ... (Producer)
- The Devil's Scarab ... (Associate Producer)
2015
- A Man Amidst Bees ... (Associate Producer)
- Till Luck Do Us: Part 3 as Elias Barelli
- Smile, You're on Camera ... (Director)
- O Amuleto as Herminio
2014
- Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2 as Pai de Tita
- Teen's Confessions ... (Director)
2013
- Brazilian Western ... (Executive Producer)
- I Have No Idea What I’m Doing With My Life as Vô
2012
- As Brasileiras ... (Director)
2011
- The Illusionist as Salomão Hayalla
- Federal Bank Heist as Advogado
- Chico Xavier ... (Director)
2010
- Chico Xavier ... (Director)
- Bróder ... (Associate Producer)
- As Cariocas ... (Producer)
2009
- The Invisible Woman ... (Producer)
- Peacetime as Doutor Penna
- Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- The Assailant ... (Co-Producer)
- If I Were You 2 ... (Director)
2008
- Critic as Self
- Once Upon a Time in Rio ... (Producer)
- Last Stop 174 ... (Associate Producer)
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
- Golden Oldies ... (Co-Producer)
- As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Ele mesmo
2007
- Primo Basílio ... (Director)
- Not by Chance ... (Associate Producer)
- The Ballroom ... (Co-Producer)
- The Sign of the City ... (Associate Producer)
2006
- Zuzu Angel ... (Co-Producer)
- The Year My Parents Went on Vacation ... (Co-Producer)
- Pages of Life as Self
- Didi, the Treasure Raider ... (Associate Producer)
- Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water ... (Director)
- If I Were You as Homem no Banheiro
2005
- Two Sons of Francisco ... (Associate Producer)
- The House of Sand ... (Associate Producer)
2004
- Redeemer ... (Associate Producer)
- Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure ... (Associate Producer)
- Owner of the Story ... (Director)
- Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop ... (Producer)
- Sexo, Amor e Traição ... (Producer)
2003
- Carandiru ... (Associate Producer)
- Carga Pesada ... (Creator)
2002
- City of God ... (Producer)
- Darling Stranger as Alberto
2001
- The Inheritance ... (Director)
- Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented ... (Associate Producer)
2000
- A Dog's Will ... (Associate Producer)
1999
- Suave Veneno ... (Director)
- Vila Madalena ... (Executive Producer)
- O Auto da Compadecida ... (Producer)
- Zoando na TV ... (Production Artist)
- O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul ... (Producer)
1998
- Mulher ... (Director)
- Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão ... (Associate Producer)
1997
- A Justiceira as Salomão Garcia
1996
- A Vida Como Ela É... ... (Director)
- Sai de Baixo ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
- Tieta of Agreste as Mirko Stefano
- Delicado ... (Director)
1994
- Teen Confessions ... (Director)
1991
1990
- Rainha da Sucata as Renato Maia
1989
- O Sexo dos Anjos as Teófilo Muniz
- Que Rei Sou Eu? as Bergeron Bouchet / André Barral
1988
- Vale Tudo as Rubens Accioli (Rubinho)
- The Story of Fausta as João
- O Primo Basílio ... (Producer)
- Tarcísio & Glória ... (Creator)
- Dina Sfat na União Soviética - Perestroika ... (Director)
1986
- Cambalacho as agente da Interpol que prende Andréia
- Chico & Caetano ... (Creator)
1985
- Armação Ilimitada ... (Creator)
1984
- Quilombo as Fernão Carrilho
- Mirror of Flesh as Jairo Almeida
1983
- Champagne as Mr. Morgan
- Bar Esperanza as Armando
- Parabéns pra Você as Mendonça
- O Cangaceiro Trapalhão ... (Director)
1982
- Chico Anysio Show as novo amor de Pureza
- Quem Ama Não Mata ... (Director)
1980
- O Bem-Amado ... (Producer)
- Grandes Nomes ... (Director)
- Elis Regina Carvalho Costa as Self
- Rita Lee Jones ... (Director)
- Paulinho da Viola - Série Grandes Nomes TV Globo ... (Director)
1979
- Plantão de Polícia ... (Supervising Producer)
- Malu Mulher ... (Director)
- Mulher 80 ... (Creator)
1978
- Dancin' Days ... (Director)
- Summer Showers as Geraldinho
- Ciranda, Cirandinha ... (Director)
1977
- Vida, Vida as Almeida
- O Astro ... (Director)
- Espelho Mágico as João Gabriel
1976
- O Casarão ... (Director)
- Duas Vidas ... (Director)
1975
- Pecado Capital ... (Director)
- O Casal
- Cuca Legal ... (Executive Producer)
- Ana, a Libertina
1974
- Corrida do Ouro ... (Supervising Producer)
- O Rebu ... (Supervising Producer)
- Fogo Sobre Terra ... (Supervising Producer)
1973
- O Bem-Amado ... (Supervising Producer)
- Os Ossos do Barão ... (Supervising Producer)
- O Descarte as Bruno (voz)
1972
- Selva de Pedra ... (Director)
- O Bofe ... (Director)
- Roleta Russa as Raul
- Dybbuk: The Demon ... (Director)
1971
- Minha Doce Namorada as Carlos
- O Cafona ... (Co-Director)
- Caso Especial ... (Director)
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer ... (Director)
- Bandeira 2 ... (Director)
- As Quatro Chaves Mágicas as Paulo, o irmão
1970
- The Heirs as Um Americano
- Irmãos Coragem ... (Director)
1969
- A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
- Rosa Rebelde ... (Director)
- Véu de Noiva ... (Director)
- Os Acorrentados ... (Producer)
- A Cabana do Pai Tomás ... (Director)
- Pobre Príncipe Encantado ... (Director)
- O Impossível Acontece
1968
- A Gata de Vison ... (Supervising Producer)
- Juventude e Ternura ... (Story)
- Passo dos Ventos ... (Director)
1967
- Sangue e Areia ... (Director)
- A Rainha Louca ... (Director)
1965
- A Grande Viagem as Dr. Renato
1963
- Golden Mouth as Leleco