Andrucha Waddington

Brazilian film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andrucha Waddington

Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington (born 20 January 1970) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.[2][3]

Quick Facts Born, Occupation(s) ...
Andrucha Waddington
Thumb
Born
Andrew Waddington

(1970-01-20) 20 January 1970 (age 55)
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 1997)
[1]
Children4
RelativesFernanda Montenegro (mother in law)
Fernando Torres (father in law)
Cláudio Torres (brother-in-law)
Close

Career

Summarize
Perspective

His several film credits include Me You Them (2000), Mention spéciale[4] of Un Certain Regard in Cannes, an Official Selection of Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, Brazil's official entry to the Oscars - Best Foreign Language Film - and winner, Best Film, at Karlovy Vary, Havana and Cartagena Film festivals; The House of Sand (2005) Berlin,[5] Toronto, and Sundance[6] film festivals official selection, winner of the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Script[7] and Alfred Sloan awards;[8] and the Brazil/Spain co-production Lope (2010), a Venice[9] and Toronto official selection[10] and winner of two Goya Awards.[11]

Moreover, he directed and produced the TV Globo/Conspiração drama series Under Pressure (2017–2019), which got rave reviews and skyrocket ratings.[12] He also directed and produced the Brazilian blockbuster Party Crashers (2012),[13] the biopic Chacrinha – O Velho Guerreiro (2018), the thriller The Loss (2019), the drama Vitória and theatrical film documentaries as Gilberto Gil – Viva São João (2002), Maria Bethania-Pedrinha de Aruanda (2007) and André Midani - from vinyl to download (2015).

Andrucha Waddington has been a partner at Conspiração Filmes since 1995.[14]

He was one of the creative directors of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, working alongside Daniela Thomas and Fernando Meirelles [15] on a shoestring budget equivalent to less than £5 million.[16]

Personal life

He is married to actress Fernanda Torres. The couple has two sons, Joaquim (b. 2000) and Antônio (b. 2008). He also has two sons, João (b. 1993) and Pedro (b. 1995), from his first marriage.[17][18] From his second marriage, he is the son-in-law of Brazilian writer and actress Fernanda Montenegro and the Brazilian actor Fernando Torres.

Filmography

Film

TV shows

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.