Walter Hugo Khouri
- Empty Night (1964)
Walter Hugo Khouri (São Paulo, 21 October 1929 – São Paulo, 27 June 2003) was a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and producer of Lebanese and Italian descent.[1]
Khouri made 25 feature films and won several national and international awards. His 1964 film Empty Night is considered one of the best Brazilian films of all time and was entered for the Palm d'Or in the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
His films show characters, mostly male, who seek meaning for a distressing existence. He was also known for welcoming and introducing young professionals, being the first director to cast the presenter Xuxa Meneghel in the controversial 1982 film Love Strange Love.
Filmography
- 2001 – The Beasts (filmed in 1998)
- 1999 – Lost Passion
- 1991 – Forever
- 1987 – Monica and the Mermaid of Rio
- 1986 – I
- 1984 – Voracious Love
- 1982 – Love Strange Love
- 1981 – Eros, the God of Love
- 1980 – Invitation to Pleasure
- 1979 – The Sex Prisoner
- 1978 – The Daughters of Fire
- 1977 – Passion and Shadows
- 1975 – The Desire
- 1974 – The Angel of the Night
- 1973 – The Last Rapture
- 1972 – The Goddesses
- 1970 – The Palace of Angels
- 1970 – Pindorama (produced)
- 1968 – The Amorous Ones
- 1967 – Burning Body
- 1966 – The Cariocas
- 1964 – Men and Women
- 1962 – The Island
- 1959 – In the Throat of the Devil
- 1959 – Borders of Hell
- 1958 – Strange Encounter
- 1953 – The Stone Giant
References
External links
- Walter Hugo Khouri at IMDb
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- Luis Sérgio Person (1973)
- Denoy de Oliveira (1974)
- Walter Hugo Khouri (1975)
- Eduardo Escorel (1976)
- Bruno Barreto (1977)
- João Batista de Andrade (1978)
- Jorge Bodansky and Wolf Gauer (1979)
- Carlos Hugo Christensen (1980)
- Carlos Alberto Prates Correia (1981)
- Djalma Limongi Batista (1982)
- Ana Carolina (1983)
- Denoy de Oliveira (1984)
- André Klotzel (1985)
- Carlos Reichenbach (1986)
- Wilson Barros (1987)
- Guilherme de Almeida Prado (1988)
- Murilo Salles (1989)
- Miguel Faria Jr. (1990)
- Neville D'Almeida (1991)
- Pedro Almodóvar (1992)
- Eliseo Subiela (1993)
- Mario Brenta (1994)
- Jorge Fons (1995)
- Murilo Salles (1996)
- Beto Brant (1997)
- Bruno Stagnaro / Israel Caetano (1998)
- Julio Medem (1999)
- Francisco José Lombardi (2000)
- André Klotzel (2001)
- Anna Muylaert (2002)
- Ricardo Elias (2003)
- Joel Zito Araújo (2004)
- Tizuka Yamasaki (2005)
- Andrea Tonacci (2006)
- Paulo Caldas (2007)
- Domingos de Oliveira (2008)
- Vincent Carelli / Paulo Nascimento (2009)
- Jeferson De (2010)
- Gustavo Pizzi (2011)
- Kleber Mendonça Filho (2012)
- Andradina Azevedo / Dida Andrade (2013)
- Marcelo Galvão (2014)
- Chico Teixeira (2015)
- Domingos de Oliveira (2016)
- Laís Bodanzky (2017)
- André Ristum (2018)
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