Elena Soarez

Known for WritingBorn 1965-01-01 (age 61)Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, Elena Soárez is one of the most important writers of Brazilian cinema today. Elena Soárez holds a degree in economics from PUC; with a master's degree in social anthropology from UFRJ. His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn, who became a screenwriter in the following films: Twin (1999), adapted from Nelson Rodrigues; the award-winning Eu tu eles (2000), a film that took part in the "A Certain Look" show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters Laboratory at the Sundance Film Festival.Read more

Movies & web series

The Screenwriter

Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted

Xingu

City of Men

The Mechanism

Father’s Chair

City of Men

Redeemer

Me, You, Them

Diary of a Provincial Girl

The House of Sand

Camila Jam

Twins

Antonia

Slightly Out of Tune

Treze Dias Longe do Sol

Rio, I Love You

100 Days

Marta

O Grampo