Walter Avancini (Director)

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Works

Ana

Release Date1968-10-07

Charactersd Tiago

Episode Count125

A Outra Face de Anita

Release Date1964-07-28

Charactersd Otávio

Episode Count51

O Tempo e o Vento

Release Date1967-07-17

Charactersd Bento Amaral

Episode Count210

Vote Count1

Denying Brazil

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

Release Date2000-11-20

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count6

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.

Release Date2009-11-19

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

The Thorn and the Rose

A spoiled feminist, daughter of a rich father, even though she doesn't admit it, falls in love with a rustic farmer whom she marries.

Release Date2000-06-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count221

Vote Count18

A Padroeira

A Padroeira was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, between June 18, 2001 and February 23, 2002, and presented in 215 chapters. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco collaboration with Duca Rachid and directed by Walter Avancini, and had Deborah Secco, Luigi Baricelli, Elizabeth Savalla and Maurício Mattar in leading roles.

Release Date2001-06-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count215

Vote Count6

Selva de Pedra

Release Date1986-02-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count155

Vote Count4

Cavalo de Aço

Release Date1973-01-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count180

Pai Herói

Release Date1979-01-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count174

Vote Count1

Xica da Silva

Release Date1996-09-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count231

Vote Count137

The Puppets

Aníbal is a millionaire, knowing that he is going to die, invites a group of relatives and friends to stay at his luxury hotel. They are all linked to a mystery of their past. Some will be rewarded with inclusion in the will; others will be punished. To know who was his real friend and who harmed him, Aníbal starts to manipulate everyone, as if they were puppets.

Release Date1967-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count173

Brava Gente

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Release Date2000-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count66

Vote Count3

O Grande Segredo

Release Date1967-04-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count145

As Bruxas

Release Date1970-05-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count106

Brida

Release Date1998-08-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count54

Vote Count1

A Deusa Vencida

Release Date1965-07-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count106

Anjo Marcado

Release Date1966-07-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count101

Almas de Pedra

Release Date1966-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count100

Caso Especial

Release Date1971-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Obrigado, Doutor

Release Date1981-04-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count23

Grande Sertão: Veredas

A cowboy narrates his 'jagunço' life of disputes, revenges, loves and deaths, through the years that he traveled central-east Brazil, in the first decades of the 20th century, while federal troops were in conflict with provincial forces.

Release Date1985-11-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count25

Vote Count1

Anarquistas, Graças a Deus

Release Date1984-05-07

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Episode Count9

Vote Count2

Selva de Pedra

Release Date1972-04-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count243

Vote Count7

Rabo de Saia

Release Date1984-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count20

Memórias de um Gigolô

Release Date1986-07-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count20

Vote Count1

Avenida Paulista

Release Date1982-05-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count17

Vote Count2

Mandacaru

Release Date1997-08-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

República

Release Date1989-11-14

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Tocaia Grande

Release Date1995-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Brasileiras e Brasileiros

Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.

Release Date1990-11-05

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count1

Moinhos de Vento

Release Date1983-01-03

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Episode Count5

Vote Count2

Vidas Cruzadas

Release Date1965-04-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count60

A Indomável

Release Date1965-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count36

Albert, the Rockefeller

Albert, the Rockefeller is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Tupi and aired from November 4, 1968 to November 30, 1969. It was created by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, written by Bráulio Pedroso and directed by Lima Duarte and Walter Avancini.

Release Date1968-11-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Episode Count281

Vote Count8

Super Plá

After a fall, intelligent young Plácido becomes a little slow. As an adult he works at a bank and his keen intelligence returns when he drinks the soft drink "Super Plá". Other side stories include the love relationship between Baby Stompanato and Joana Martini, and the life of Majô Prado, a neurotic millionairess and prominent personality living in São Paulo.

Release Date1969-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count144

Vote Count7

Simplesmente Maria

Release Date1970-07-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Episode Count306

Gabriela

Release Date1975-04-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count132

Vote Count7

Abolição

Release Date1988-11-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Sinal de Alerta

Release Date1978-07-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count130

Vote Count1

O Rebu

Release Date1974-11-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count112

Vote Count2

O Semideus

Release Date1973-08-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count221

Vote Count1

Nina

Release Date1977-06-27

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Episode Count145

O Pulo do Gato

Release Date1978-01-16

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Episode Count140

Vote Count1

As Minas de Prata

Release Date1966-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count203

O Grito

Release Date1975-10-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count135

Vote Count1

Cavalo Amarelo

Release Date1980-06-23

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Episode Count138

Vote Count1

Um Homem Muito Especial

Release Date1980-01-28

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Episode Count178

A Banqueira do Povo

Release Date1993-04-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count130

Saramandaia

Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.

Release Date1976-05-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Hospital

Release Date1971-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count120

Rosa Baiana

Release Date1981-02-09

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Episode Count149

Vote Count1

Algemas de Ouro

Release Date1969-03-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count275

Fogo Sobre Terra

The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.

Release Date1974-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

O Terceiro Pecado

Release Date1968-02-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count126

A Deusa Vencida

A Deusa Vencida is a 1980 Brazilian telenovela, broadcast on TV Bandeirantes, directed by Walter Avancini and written by Ivani Ribeiro.

Release Date1980-06-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count102

Vote Count1

Boca

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Release Date1994-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Era Preciso Voltar

Release Date1969-04-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count75

Despedida de Casado

Release Date1977-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Boca de Ouro

When major drug-dealer Boca de Ouro dies, a reporter interviews his ex-lover, now married with children and living in a poorhouse, to try to understand more about his complex personality. The problem is that the woman tells him three different versions of Boca's life, according to her own mood and ambiguous feelings towards her dead lover.

Release Date1990-04-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1