Breno Silveira

Breno Silveira
Silveira (right), with Maria Luísa Mendonça, 2013
Born(1964-02-05)5 February 1964
Brasília, Brazil
Died14 May 2022(2022-05-14) (aged 58)
Vicência, Pernambuco, Brazil

Breno Silveira (5 February 1964 – 14 May 2022) was a Brazilian filmmaker noted for having directed Two Sons of Francisco, the highest-grossing film of 2005.[1]

Early life and education

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Silveira was born in Brasília. He studied in Paris at the École Louis Lumière.

Biography

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He worked as camera assistant in Suzana Amaral's 1985 film The Hour of the Star. In 1995 he worked as director of photography of Carla Camurati's Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil.[2] He did also the cinematography for the 2000 film, Me, You, Them, directed by Andrucha Waddington. Silveira directed music videos for Marisa Monte, Os Paralamas do Sucesso and O Rappa, among other artists.[3]

His debut as filmmaker was with the 2005 biopic Two Sons of Francisco, about the sertanejo duo Zezé di Camargo & Luciano. The film became a box office hit in Brazil, with more than five million viewers, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year.[1] Other films directed by Silveira are Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008), Gonzaga — de Pai pra Filho (2012) and À Beira do Caminho (2012).

In 2021 he directed the video-on-demand series Dom for Amazon Prime Video.[4]

Death

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Silveira died on 14 May 2022, in Vicência, in the state of Pernambuco. He had a heart attack on the film set, while working on the film Dona Vitória.[5] Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles mourned his passing, stating that the loss is "irreparable for Brazilian cinema".[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "ISTOÉ Gente". www.terra.com.br. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Breno Silveira (1964-2022)". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Edição #23/2009 - Biografia de Breno Silveira". 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ Fuente, Anna Marie de la (4 June 2021). "Amazon Prime Video Bows One of the Biggest Brazilian Productions Ever, Crime Drama 'Dom'". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Morre o cineasta Breno Silveira aos 58 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Artistas lamentam a morte do cineasta Breno Silveira". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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