Sérgio Rezende is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian filmmaker. He is most known for directing several biographical films, such as Lamarca, Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei, and Zuzu Angel, about guerrilla leader Carlos Lamarca

Carlos Lamarca

Carlos Lamarca was a Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to become a communist guerilla member. He was a part of the revolutionary guerrilla group Popular Revolutionary Vanguard and became, along with Carlos Marighella, one of the major elements of communist subversion in Brazil...

, entrepreneur Irineu Evangelista de Sousa

Irineu Evangelista de Sousa

Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Viscount of Mauá was a Brazilian entrepreneur, industrialist, banker and politician. He was called the Rothschild of the South American continent by the New York Times in 1871. He received the titles of baron and visconde com grandeza of Mauá...

, and stylist Zuzu Angel Jones

Zuzu Angel

Zuleika Angel Jones, better known as Zuzu Angel , was a Brazilian-American fashion designer, who became famous for opposing the Brazilian military dictatorship after the forced disappearance of her son Stuart. Zuzu was also mother of journalist Hildegard Angel.-Biography:As a child, Zuzu moved to...

, which embarked in a frantic search for her son Stuart

Stuart Angel

Stuart Edgar Angel Jones was an American Brazilian guerrilla fighter captured, tortured and killed by officers of the Brazilian military dictatorship.-Biography:...

's body. His most recent release, Salve Geral

Salve Geral

Salve Geral is a 2009 Brazilian thriller film directed and written by Sérgio Rezende. It depicts the May 2006 riots perpetuated by the Primeiro Comando da Capital criminal organization in the state of São Paulo...

, was submitted by the Ministry of Culture

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 for consideration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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 for the 82nd Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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. It was not nominated for the award.

Filmography

• 2009 - Salve Geral
• 2006 - Zuzu Angel
• 2004 - Onde Anda Você
• 2000 - Quase nada
• 1999 - Mauá - O imperador e o rei
• 1997 - Guerra de Canudos
• 1994 - Lamarca
• 1989 - Doida demais
• 1986 - O homem da capa preta
• 1982 - O sonho não acabou
• 1980 - Até a última gota