Eliane Brum

• Name — Eliane Brum • Born — May 23, 1966 • Birthplace — Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil • Occupation — Journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker • Education — Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul • Spouse — Jonathan Watts • Awards — Açorianos Award (1994) Jabuti Award (2007) • Years Active — 1988–present

She graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC / RS) in 1988 and has written for Zero Hora, Época and El País and won more than 40 international awards for reporting, among them the Premio Rey de España and the Inter American Associated Press Award. Brum is the author of a novel - Uma Duas (published in English by AmazonCrossing as One Two - three feature news stories books: Coluna Prestes - O Avesso da Lenda, A Vida que Ninguém Vê (which was awarded in 2007 the Prêmio Jabuti) and O Olho da Rua - and A Menina Quebrada, a collection of columns written by her in Época magazine's website. She also codirected and cowrote the 2005 documentary film Uma história severina (Severina's Story), winner of seventeen national and international awards. In 2008 she received the United Nations Special Press Trophy. Her work appeared in The Guardian. and El Pais. She participated in the Doctors without Borders compilation of special reports Dignity, which also included authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa. She is co-director of three documentaries: Severina's Story, Gretchen Filme Estrada, and Laerte-se. She is married to British journalist Jonathan Watts.

(Director, Screenwriter) • 2005 - Uma História Severina (co-directed with Debora Diniz) • 2010 - Gretchen Filme Estrada (codireção em parceria com Paschoal Samora) • 2017 - Laerte-se (codireção em parceria com Lygia Barbosa da Silva) • 2017 - Eu+1: Uma jornada de saúde mental na Amazônia