Silvio Tendler Explained

Silvio Tendler
Birth Date:1950
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro
Occupation:Film director, producer, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1975–present

Silvio Tendler (born 1950) is a Brazilian filmmaker. With more than 40 films released by 2014, including feature and short films,[1] Tendler is one of the most respected Brazilian documentarist.[2] Due to his focus on people like Juscelino Kubitschek, João Goulart, and Carlos Marighella, he is known as "the filmmaker of the defeated" or "the filmmaker of interrupted dreams".[1] [3]

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1950,[4] Tendler is graduated in History at the Paris Diderot University (1975), majored in Cinema and History at the École pratique des hautes études in Sorbonne (1976), and especialized in Documentary Cinema Applied to Social Sciences at the Musée Guimet in Sorbonne (1973).[5] During his stay in France, he worked on the collaborative documentary La spirale in 1975 with several directors, among them Chris Marker.[6] The acquaintanceship with Marker and other filmmakers, including Jean Rouch, Wladimir Carvalho, Santiago Álvarez and Joris Ivens is remarked by Tendler.[7] [8]

He returned from France to Brazil, and decided to make a film about Juscelino Kubitschek. It resulted in Os Anos JK – Uma Trajetória Política (1980), a box office success with 800,000 viewers.[9] [10] In 1981, he directed a film about Os Trapalhões, O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões, which became the most watched Brazilian documentary of all time with over 1.8 million viewers.[5] [11] In that same year, he created Caliban Produções Cinematográficas, a production company focused on historical biographies.[5]

Filmography

Feature films

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Confira os vídeos da série Os Advogados Contra a Ditadura . April 1, 2014 . . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Documentário de Silvio Tendler revê mudanças políticas . Barbosa, Neusa . April 22, 2010 . . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Silvio tendler, caçador de histórias . February 4, 2014 . Silva, Yuno . Tribuna do Norte . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  4. Web site: Silvio Tendler . Elias, Rodrigo . June 17, 2010 . Revista de História . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  5. Web site: Mestre em documentar a história brasileira, Sílvio Tendler participa de mesa de debate . G1 . . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  6. Book: Chris Marker . registration . 176 . Alter, Nora M. . . 2006.
  7. Web site: Faróis: Silvio Tendler . Mattos, Carlos Alberto . April 25, 2007 . . Infoglobo . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  8. Web site: Silvio Tendler e o cinema de colagem . Braga, Adriana . December 13, 2012 . Doc-Online . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  9. Web site: Silvio Tendler: 'O golpe de 1964 me fez artista' . March 23, 2014 . O Globo . Infoglobo . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  10. Web site: Filmes nacionais de 500 mil até um milhão de espectadores (1970/2007) por gênero . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415213312/http://www.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/Filmes_nacionais_entre_500_mil_e_1_milhao_por_genero_260308.pdf . April 15, 2014 . Ancine . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.
  11. Web site: Filmes nacionais com mais de um milhão de espectadores (1970/2007) por gênero . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415213311/http://www.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/Filmes_nacionais_mais_de_um_milhao_espectadores_1970-2007_por_genero_260308.pdf . April 15, 2014 . Ancine . April 15, 2014 . Portuguese.

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