Carla Camurati

Carla Camurati

Born: October 14, 1960
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carla de Andrade Camurati (Rio de Janeiro, October 14, 1960) is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, cultural producer and former actress. After being featured in telenovelas such as Livre para Voar (1984) and Fera Radical (1988), she left her acting career in 1994 to dedicate herself to filmmaking, founding Copacabana Filmes and directing several films since then. She also became an influential cultural producer, having chaired the International Children's Film Festival and the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2014.

Movies for Carla Camurati...

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Title: Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Character: Self
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
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Fumando Espero
Title: Fumando Espero
Released: May 22, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Celebridade
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: TV
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.
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The Egg
Title: The Egg
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Title: Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Antonio Carlos Gomes
Title: Antonio Carlos Gomes
Character: Atriz italiana
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
An Italian actress arrives in Belém do Pará, to stage the last moments of Carlos Gomes, author of “O Guarani”.
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Lamarca
Title: Lamarca
Character: Clara
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Title: Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28.
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The Body
Title: The Body
Character: Monique
Released: July 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
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Title: Fera Radical
Character: Marília Orsini
Released: March 28, 1988
Type: TV
Cláudia returns to her rural hometown in order to take revenge for the murder of her family a long time ago. She believes that the Flores family committed the crime and tries to destroy them....
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Eternamente Pagu
Title: Eternamente Pagu
Character: Pagu
Released: May 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.
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The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
Title: The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
Character: Fatal Woman, beggar
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.
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Hidden City
Title: Hidden City
Character: Shirley Sombra
Released: June 8, 1986
Type: Movie
After seven years in jail, Anjo meets up with his former accomplice, now head of a criminal organization. The former detainee finds himself embroiled with an underworld star, Shirley Sombra, and finds enmity with a corrupt police officer.
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Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
Title: Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
Character: Soninha
Released: April 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
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Title: O Tempo e o Vento
Character: Luzia (Teiniaguá)
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
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Title: Livre Para Voar
Character: Bebel
Released: September 17, 1984
Type: TV
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A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
Title: A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
Character: Violeta
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Naked Star
Title: Naked Star
Character: Glorinha
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.
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Title: Champagne
Character: Bárbara
Released: October 24, 1983
Type: TV
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New Wave
Title: New Wave
Character: Rita
Released: March 3, 1983
Type: Movie
A group of eleven women organize a soccer team, as a manifesto against sexism.
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Title: Sol de Verão
Character: Olívia Mendes
Released: October 11, 1982
Type: TV
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The Peephole of Love
Title: The Peephole of Love
Character: Vera Maria Gatta
Released: November 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Innocent girl starts working as a secretary in an office. Soon she finds out a hole in the wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.
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Title: Brilhante
Character: Sônia Newmann
Released: September 28, 1981
Type: TV