Daniel Rezende (São Paulo, May 5, 1975) is a Brazilian filmmaker, editor and director. He gained prominence in 2002 when he edited the acclaimed film City of God, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for best editing and won the BAFTA for best editing.
Roberta and Suzana are two sisters, both in their thirties, of totally different beauty and life styles, united by a common goal: to take revenge on their grandmother, a mean old woman who, in the past, turned the little girls' lives into hell, with her strict educational concepts. Since they were very young, the two sisters plan to kidnap the grandmother and now is the long awaited moment. Before Roberta and Suzana leave to the beach house, the setting of their grandmother's terrorist practices, Roberta, while waiting for Suzana at a restaurant, meets Renato, an extremely proper guy who ends up involved in this unexpected adventure. The two sisters' departure leaves Suzana's husband, Francisco, bewildered and he ends up being also part of a parallel mad adventure.
Release Date2006-10-06
Charactersd Aluno
Vote Count18
Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes.
Release Date2019-07-25
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.
Release Date2025-10-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count19
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Release Date2002-08-30
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count7886
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Release Date2008-05-14
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count1328
In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
Release Date2018-03-15
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count434
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Release Date2004-02-06
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count1374
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.
Release Date2014-01-30
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count5691
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Release Date2007-08-31
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count288
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Release Date2007-10-12
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count2590
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.
Release Date2010-10-08
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count1968
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
Release Date2013-06-07
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count10
Documentary - CAPTIVE BEAUTY is a feature documentary about four female inmates and a surreal beauty pageant inside Medellan, Colombia's all female prison. It's an intimate tale of the women's crimes, their childhoods, and a unique search for redemption. -
Release Date2011-08-20
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.
Release Date2017-08-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count401
In the sequel to Turma da Mônica: Laços, we follow Mônica, Jimmy Five, Maggy and Smudge dealing with the consequences of a mistake made at school. At the same time, they face transformations from childhood to adolescence and are about to discover the value of friendship.
Release Date2021-12-30
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count94
Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.
Release Date2019-06-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count295
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
Release Date2011-05-17
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count3240
Short film created for the 2012 anthology 'Mundo Invisível' (Invisible World).
Release Date2012-10-29
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
At the end of a tough workweek an assistant congressman and his friend go to an abandoned room in the Capitol building to relax and smoke a joint. While trying to unwind the assistant congressman complains about his job. He is doing all he can to cover up his boss' scandalous sex affair but nothing seems to be working. "Things can't get any worse", he proclaims. . . but they do!
Release Date2008-08-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Chuck Billy has spent his life picking guavas from Jed’s guava tree. But now that Dr. Agripino is going to build a road that will take down the tree, Chuck and his friends are going to do everything they can to stop it.
Release Date2025-01-09
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count82
A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.
Release Date2018-03-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count128
Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries to make his way through life, with its first sexual experiences, his depressed brother and his self-centered parents. It’s a humorous homage to the pitfalls of daily life and the diversity of life.
Release Date2010-05-22
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count55
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
Release Date2006-09-26
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count117
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…
Release Date2005-07-08
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count1078
When popular Carminha Frufru's party is mysteriously sabotaged, Mônica and her friends become the main suspects, and they will need to overcome their insecurities and reveal their secrets to decipher the mystery.
Release Date2022-07-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count25
Plot details TBA. Based on the hit cartoon that portrays Brazilian culture through national wildlife animals.
Release Date2026-03-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.
Release Date2003-09-19
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count25
Mônica, Magali, Milena, Cebolinha, Cascão and Milena meet at a hotel in Limoeiro, but they have to overcome a competition and their personal issues to create Turma da Mônica.
Release Date2024-10-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count3
A new guardian "angelus" uncovers a secret behind the Angelus System's bureaucracy that leads him to break its official rules about protecting humans.
Release Date2019-11-22
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count1
Vote Count36
In 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must imagine what he looked like by reading up on his ideas and learning about his life.
Release Date2011-07-29
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count6
Release Date2024-02-27
DepartmentArt
JobSupervising Art Director
Episode Count8
The instigating universe of investigations in Rio de Janeiro, and an anti-hero police officer who dialogues with the rules imposed by the system. In each episode, a crime is investigated and solved, showing how the functioning of the city interconnects all types of residents and visitors.
Release Date2012-05-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
Unemployed and disillusioned, Hugo goes to work at a dating agency, but ends up getting involved with conflicts customer personnel.
Release Date2017-01-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count13
