Manuela Dias Explained

Manuela Dias
Birth Date:11 April 1977
Birth Place:Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Years Active:1996–present
Occupation:Former actress, author, and screenwriter
Children:1

Manuela Dias (born 11 April 1977) is a Brazilian former actress, author, and screenwriter. She performed on television as an actress in 1996 as a co-protagonist on Dona Anja, followed by her being on the cast of the 1998 film Brida. Since 2000, she has started a career in writing, also doing screenwriting, such as with the TV series Bambuluá. She was nominated for an International Emmy for her 2016 mini-series Justiça. In 2019, she created her first telenovela Amor de Mãe, on Rede Globo.

Biography

Dias was born in 1977 in Salvador, Bahia. She is the daughter of actress Sônia Dias, who in part inspired her to write Amor de Mãe.[1] She graduated with a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Bahia.[2] She later graduated with a degree in film from Escola de Santo Antonio de los Baños in Cuba, where she was a student of Gabriel García Márquez.

In 2006, Dias participated in the Sundance Film Festival as a co-editor in the long film Only God Knows, directed by Carlos Bolado.[3] She later became a screenwriter in five short-films, among them Deserto Feliz (2007), directed by ; Transeunte, directed by Eryk Rocha; and O Céu Sobre os Ombros, by Sérgio Borges, where they won five awards at the Festival de Brasília in 2010.[4] In 2011, the long film A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga, directed by and screenplayed by Dias, was featured at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and won five prizes, among them the Best Film award by the jury and by popular vote.[5]

She later began to transition to writing for television, writing shows for TV Globo. She collaborated in series such as Aline, A Grande Família, Fama, and Sandy & Junior, and in telenovelas such as Cordel Encantado and Joia Rara. In 2014, she produced her first long film, Love Film Festival, with Leandra Leal and Manolo Cardona.[6] While at Rede Globo, she wrote the screenplay for Ligações Perigosas at the beginning of 2016.[7]

Dias wrote her first story while at Rede Globo directing the mini-series Justiça.[8] In 2017, her draft for a novel was approved, with a provisional release for 2019 as her first novel. Her original series Amor de Mãe debuted in November 2019, with the series directed by . The series was, along with Salve-se Quem Puder, productions that were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned to production in March 2021.[9] [10]

Personal life

As of 2020, Dias is in a relationship with actor Murilo Benício. She has a daughter, Helena, who also inspired her to write Amor da Mãe.

Filmography

As screenwriter

Television

Telenovelas
YearTitlePositionCo-writersBroadcasterNotes
2011Cordel EncantadoCollaborator
Rede Globo
2013Joia Rara
2019–21Amor de MãeCreator[11]
Series and mini-series
YearTitlePositionCo-writersBroadcasterNotes
2000–01BambuluáScreenwriterRede Globo
2002Sandy & Junior
Sarah Lavigne
Thiago Marinho
Season 4
2008Faça Sua HistóriaJoão Ubaldo Ribeiro
Geraldo Carneiro
Xuxa e as NoviçasCláudio Torres GonzagaYear end special
2009Geral.comClaudio LobatoEpisode: "Baseado em Fatos Reais"
2009–11AlineMauro Wilson
2012Acampamento de FériasRenato AragãoSeason 3
A Grande FamíliaSeason 12
2016Ligações PerigosasCreator
Justiça

Film

YearTitleNotes
2007Deserto Feliz
2010O Céu Sobre os Ombros
Transeunte
2011A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga
2014Love Film Festival
2015A Floresta que se Move
2021Pixinguinha, Um Homem CarinhosoCo-writer

As an actress

Television

YearTitleRole
1996Dona AnjaAparecida Salena (Cida)
1998BridaInês

Books

Berenice e Soriano- o livro. São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2023.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manuela Dias revela o que a inspirou para escrever ‘Amor de Mãe’. claudia.abril.com.br. 4 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Manuela Dias detalha final de Amor de Mãe e relembra anos de Ufba com Wagner e Jean . Moreira Bordalo. Júnior . Bahia Notícias. 18 March 2021. 4 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Sólo Dios sabe. San Francisco International Film Festival. 4 March 2024.
  4. Web site: ‘O céu sobre os ombros’ vence o Festival de Brasília. Tito. Fábio. Tavares. Jamila. G1. 1 December 2010. 4 March 2024.
  5. Web site: 'A hora e a vez de Augusto Matraga' é o grande vencedor do Festival do Rio. 4 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Manuela Dias Filme B - o maior portal sobre o mercado de cinema no Brasil . 4 March 2024 . www.filmeb.com.br.
  7. http://gshow.globo.com/Bastidores/noticia/2015/11/resumo-de-ligacoes-perigosas-conheca-os-personagens-e-trama-da-nova-minisserie-da-tv-globo.html Resumo de 'Ligações Perigosas': Conheça os personagens e trama da nova minissérie da TV Globo
  8. Autora da minissérie 'Justiça', Manuela Dias diz que a dimensão pessoal das leis é seu interesse - Cultura - Estadão . Estadão.
  9. News: De máscara, Vitória Strada mostra retorno à Globo para gravar Salve-se Quem Puder . Notícias da Tv . 4 March 2024. pt . 10 August 2020.
  10. Web site: 'Salve-se Quem Puder' volta à Globo com transmissão desde o início a partir de março . f5.folha.uol.com.br . 4 March 2024 . pt . 11 February 2021.
  11. Web site: Kogut . Patrícia . 1 February 2019 . 'Amor de mãe' será o título da novela das 21h de Manuela Dias . 4 March 2024 . O Globo.
  12. Web site: DIÁRIO DA DONA LURDES- 1ª ED. (2023). . 4 March 2024 . Livraria Travessa.
  13. Web site: BERENICE E SORIANO. 1ª ED. (2023) . 4 March 2024. Livraria Travessa..