Jorge Furtado
Known for Directing · 10 credits
- Born
- 1959-06-09 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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".
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Known For
Movies (10)
Critic
2008
as Self
The Screenwriter
2012
as Himself
Quem É Primavera das Neves
2017
as Self
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
Inacreditável: A Batalha dos Aflitos
2006
as Himself
Luis Fernando Verissimo - O Filme
2023
Cretinália
2020
as Self
As Últimas Videolocadoras de Porto Alegre
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Ilha das Flores: Depois Que A Sessão Acabou
2011
as Self (archive footage)
About Jorge Furtado
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 museu… With 10 credits spanning from 1991 to 2023, Jorge Furtado has appeared in 10 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jorge Furtado Movies
- Critic (2008) — as Self
- The Screenwriter (2012) — as Himself
- Quem É Primavera das Neves (2017) — as Self
- A Linguagem do Cinema (2001)
- Inacreditável: A Batalha dos Aflitos (2006) — as Himself
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