Biography
Silvio Tendler (born 1950) is a Brazilian filmmaker. With more than 40 films released by 2014, including feature and short films, Tendler is one of the most respected Brazilian documentarist. 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". Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1950, 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). During his stay in France, he worked on the collaborative documentary La spirale in 1975 with several directors, among them Chris Marker. The acquaintanceship with Marker and other filmmakers, including Jean Rouch, Wladimir Carvalho, Santiago Álvarez and Joris Ivens is remarked by Tendler.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. 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. In that same year, he created Caliban Produções Cinematográficas, a production company focused on historical biographies.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 43
Director 35
self 4
TV Shows 1
Favela do Papa (2023)
Saúde Tem Cura (2022)
A Bolsa ou a Vida (2021)
Chico Mário - A Melodia da Liberdade (2021)
Nas Asas da Pan Am (2020)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro (2020)
Alma Imoral (2019)
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (2019)
Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo (2019)
Ibiúna, Primavera Brasileira (2019)
O Fio da Meada (2019)
A Sore Spot (2017)
Vozerio (2015)
Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu (2015)
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015)
J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio (2015)
Agricultura tamanho família: uma alternativa ao agronegócio (2014)
Privatizações - A Distopia do Capital (2014)
O Veneno Está na Mesa II (2014)
Militares da Democracia: Os Militares que disseram não (2014)
Os Advogados contra a Ditadura: Por uma questão de Justiça (2014)
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (2013)
A Arte do Renascimento - Uma Cinebiografia de Silvio Tendler (2013)
Ser Tão Cinzento (2011)
O Veneno Está na Mesa (2011)
Tancredo - A Travessia (2011)
Utopia and Barbarism (2009)
Hiato (2008)
Ou Ficar a Pátria Livre ou Morrer Pelo Brasil (2007)
O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil (2007)
A Meeting with Milton Santos (2007)
Vladimir Carvalho, Conterrâneo Velho de Guerra (2004)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil (2003)
JK – O Menino que Sonhou um País (2002)
Marighella: Retrato Falado do Guerrilheiro (2001)
Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil (2001)
Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta (1999)
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo (1994)
Anos Rebeldes (1992)
Jango (1984)
O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões (1981)
The JK Years: A Political Trajectory (1980)
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GenderMale
Birthday1950-03-12 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
AwardsOrder of Rio Branco
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