Ana Luiza Machado da Silva Muylaert (born 21 April 1964), known professionally as Anna Muylaert, is a Brazilian film and television director, producer and screenwriter.
Education and early career Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo (USP) 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 (1991–92) and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1994–97).
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 (2002). 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 (2012), based on a television film Para Aceitá-la Continue na Linha (2010), 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.
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+ List of films directed by Anna Muylaert Year Original title English release title Language(s) Notes 1979 Kikos Marinhos Portuguese Co-directed with Márcio Ferrari. 1983 Hot Dog Portuguese Co-directed with Márcio Ferrari. 1984 Paixão XX Portuguese 1988 Rock Paulista Portuguese Short documentary on contemporary rock bands of São Paulo. 1992 As Rosas Não Calam Portuguese 1994-1995 Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum Portuguese TV series. Segment director for 11 episodes. 1995 A Origem dos Bebês Segundo Kiki Cavalcanti Portuguese 2002 Durval Discos Durval Discos / Durval Records Portuguese 2006 Um Menino Muito Maluquinho Portuguese TV series. Co-created with Cao Hamburger. Writer for all 26 episodes. 2009 É Proibido Fumar Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Portuguese 2012 Arco-Íris Rainbow Portuguese Episode of TV series Preamar. 2012 Chamada a Cobrar Chamada a Cobrar Portuguese 2013 As Canalhas Portuguese TV series. Director of episodes "Carolina" and "Amélia". 2013 E Além de Tudo Me Deixou Mudo o Violão While My Guitar Gently Weeps Portuguese TV film 2015 Que Horas Ela Volta? The Second Mother Portuguese 2016 Mãe Só Há Uma Don't Call Me Son Portuguese 2025 A melhor mãe do mundo The Best Mother in the World Portuguese TBA Jéssicas Portuguese
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