Anna Muylaert


Anna Muylaert is a Brazilian screenwriter and television and film director.

Education and Early Career

Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo from 1980 to 1984. She became a film critic for IstoÉ and O Estado de S. Paulo and in 1988 she joined the staff of Rede Gazeta's program TV Mix. In 1999, she worked as an editor and reporter on TV Cultura's Matéria-Prima. She also wrote scripts for the Cultura programs Mundo da Lua and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum.

Directing career

Muylaert has directed six short films which won awards at Rio Cine e Cine Ceará—before directing her first feature film, Durval Discos. It won seven awards out of fourteen nominations at Festival de Gramado, including Best Director and Best Film. Seven years later, she released her second film, É Proibido Fumar, which won eight awards at Festival de Brasília, including Best Screenplay and Best Film. Muylaert directed Chamada a Cobrar, based on a television film Para Aceitá-la Continue na Linha, which she also directed. Her fourth film, The Second Mother, entered the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and Panorama at Berlinale film festival, where the film received the Audience Award.
Mulaert's 2016 film Don't Call Me Son premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

YearOriginal titleEnglish release titleLanguageNotes
1979Kikos Marinhos PortugueseCo-directed with Márcio Ferrari.
1983Hot Dog PortugueseCo-directed with Márcio Ferrari.
1984Paixão XX Portuguese
1988Rock Paulista PortugueseShort documentary on contemporary rock bands of São Paulo.
1992As Rosas Não Calam Portuguese
1994-1995Castelo Rá-Tim-BumPortugueseTV series. Segment director for 11 episodes.
1995A Origem dos Bebês Segundo Kiki Cavalcanti Portuguese
2002Durval DiscosDurval Discos / Durval RecordsPortuguese
2009É Proibido FumarSmoke Gets in Your EyesPortuguese
2012Arco-Íris RainbowPortugueseEpisode of TV series Preamar.
2013Chamada a CobrarChamada a CobrarPortuguese
2013As CanalhasPortugueseTV series. Director of episodes "Carolina" and "Amélia".
2013E Além de Tudo Me Deixou Mudo o ViolãoWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsPortugueseTV film
2015Que Horas Ela Volta?The Second MotherPortuguese
2016Mãe Só Há UmaDon't Call Me SonPortuguese
TBAJéssicas Portuguese