Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Carvalho studied Architecture and Literature. For cinema, still very young, in 1984, wrote and directed the short film "A Espera", based on "A Lover's Discourse: Fragments ", by Roland Barthes, which won the best film, actress and photography awards [Concha de Oro] at the 34th Festival de San Sebastian, Spain, and the special jury prize at the Festival de Ste. Therèse, Canada. His debut feature film was "Lavoura Arcaica", based on the book by Raduan Nassar. The film won over fifty international and Brazilian awards. In 2017, Luiz Fernando Carvalho received the APCA Award for "Dois Irmãos", the Emmy Nomination for "Velho Chico" and the Bravo Award (Prêmio Bravo) for Artist of the Year, for his trajectory and aesthetic renovation on television with "Velho Chico" and "Dois Irmãos" and the 15th anniversary of the film ''Lavoura Arcaica''. For the centennial of the birth of Clarice Lispector, in 2020, Carvalho is releasing a film adaptation of "A Paixão Segundo G.H.". The next director's