Anselmo Duarte

Anselmo Duarte was born on Apr 21, 1920 in Brazil. Anselmo Duarte's big-screen debut came with Tico-Tico no Fubá directed by Adolfo Celi in 1952, strarring Zequinha de Abreu. Anselmo Duarte is known for Quelé do Pajeú directed by Anselmo Duarte, Tarcísio Meira stars as Clemente Celidônio and Rossana Ghessa as Maria do Carmo. Anselmo Duarte has got 9 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Anselmo Duarte achieved is Cinema Brazil Grand Prize. The upcoming new movie Anselmo Duarte plays is Embalos Alucinantes which will be released on Jan 01, 1978.

Duarte left his hometown, at 14, and moved to São Paulo where he started working as a typist in an accounting office. In the early 1940s, after graduating in Economics, he went to Rio de Janeiro, where he had a bit-part on It's All True (1943). He then made some appearances in radio soap operas and worked as a writer and reporter for the 'Observatório Econômico e Financeiro' newspaper.His big break debut as a leading actor came with Italian director Alberto Pieralisi's film Querida Susana (1947). The following year, Duarte was hired by 'Atlântida Empresa Cinematográfica do Brasil', performing in Terra Violenta (1949) and becoming one of the biggest heartthrobs on Brazilian movie screens. In 1951, he switches to 'Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz', another important Brazilian film studio of the time, commanding the highest salary of its contract players.in 1957, he returned to São Paulo and began his career as a director, with the short documentary 'Fazendo Cinema' followed by a feature film. He left for Europe during a few years, where he appeared in several productions in Portugal, France, and Spain.Back in Brazil in 1961, he decided to buy the rights to the play 'O Pagador de Promessas', by playwright Dias Gomes, and adapted it to the screen, with the co-production of Oswaldo Massaini. In 1962, the film was selected to represent Brazil at the XV International Film Festival in Cannes, where it won the 'Palme d'Or'. In the same year, it is awarded in more than ten festivals in Brazil and abroad.His participation in Indépendance ou mort (1972) influenced him to become a Freemason. In 1979, he made his only telenovela appearance, guest starring in Feijão Maravilha (1979).In 2008, at 88, Duarte founded the 'Instituto Anselmo Duarte', a cultural organization dedicated to restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, became the institute's president.