Portrait of Walter Salles

Directing

Walter Salles

Career

Active from 1987 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Walter Salles Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Melancholy 3
  • Brazilian Cinema 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Anthology 2
  • Short Films 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Human Rights 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Friendship 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 69
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Thanks

Manas
Manas (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

Associate Producer

Cyclone
Cyclone (2025)

Co-Producer

I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here (2024)
GoodWatch score 88

Producer, Director

Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark (2024)
GoodWatch score 56

Producer

New World
New World (2024)

Associate Producer

The Movie Teller
The Movie Teller (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Mariner of the Mountains
Mariner of the Mountains (2023)
GoodWatch score 46

Producer

Burning Night
Burning Night (2020)

Producer

Narcissus Off Duty
Narcissus Off Duty (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

2010s

13 titles · average score 64
Homing
Homing (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer

Unremember
Unremember (2019)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

Where Has Time Gone?
Where Has Time Gone? (2017)

Writer, Director

When the Earth Trembles
When the Earth Trembles (2017)

Director, Producer

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

Aquarius
Aquarius (2016)
GoodWatch score 85

Co-Producer

From Afar
From Afar (2015)
GoodWatch score 69

Thanks

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Editor

Habi, The Foreigner
Habi, The Foreigner (2013)

Producer

On the Road
On the Road (2012)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Construção
Construção (2011)

Associate Producer

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer

2000s

19 titles · average score 67
Linha de Passe
Linha de Passe (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay, Director

Stories on Human Rights
Stories on Human Rights (2008)

Director

Lion's Den
Lion's Den (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

Co-Producer

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Dark Water
Dark Water (2005)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

Lower City
Lower City (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer

The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

City of God
City of God (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

Producer

Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic (2002)

Director

Madame Satã
Madame Satã (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer

Behind the Sun
Behind the Sun (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Screenplay

1990s

10 titles · average score 69
Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
Adão ou Somos Todos Filhos da Terra (1999)

Editor, Director

Central Station
Central Station (1998)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Producer

Midnight
Midnight (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer, Director

Foreign Land
Foreign Land (1996)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Editor

Socorro Nobre
Socorro Nobre (1995)

Director, Editor

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (1995)

Director

Visão do Paraíso
Visão do Paraíso (1995)

General Manager

João & Antônio
João & Antônio (1992)

Director

Circuladô
Circuladô (1992)

Director

High Art
High Art (1991)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

1980s

4 titles
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy (1989)

Director

Marisa Monte: MM ao Vivo
Marisa Monte: MM ao Vivo (1989)

Director

Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios
Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios (1987)

Producer, Director

China, o Império do Centro
China, o Império do Centro (1987)

Editor