Bruno Barreto
Film director
1955 –
Who is Bruno Barreto?
Bruno Barreto is a Brazilian film director born in Rio de Janeiro. He has been making feature-length films ever since he was seventeen years old and remains one of Brazil's most accomplished and popular directors to this day. The type of films he makes vary widely from light comedies like Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and Bossa Nova to tense political thrillers like Four Days in September. Four Days in September was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1973 film Tati was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
Other films Barreto has directed films include Carried Away and View from the Top. Barreto was married to actress Amy Irving from 1996 to 2005, with whom he made Bossa Nova and Carried Away. They had one son together. He is the ex-stepfather of Max Spielberg, Irving's son by her first husband Steven Spielberg.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1955
Rio de Janeiro - Also known as
- Barreto
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Amy Irving
(1996/09/27 - 2005/01/29)
- Amy Irving
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Brazilian people
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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