Jorge Furtado

Jorge Furtado studied at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Anchieta College. The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is film direction and film screenwriting. Work by Jorge Furtado is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director, Eduardo Abelin trophy and Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).

• Name — Jorge Furtado • Birth Name — Jorge Alberto Furtado • Born — 9 June 1959 • Birthplace — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil • Occupation — Screenwriter, director

Jorge Furtado is the son of Dercy Furtado (1927–2024), the first woman elected to the Municipal Chamber of Porto Alegre in history, and Jorge Alberto Jacobus Furtado (1924–1999), a professor and administrator. He has five siblings - Cláudio, Sérgio, Nina, Maria da Graça, and Thaís. Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts, but did not graduate. He began his professional career in the 1980s on a local channel TVE-RS working as reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter and producer. In 1982 he created a TV show, Quizumba, that mixed fiction and documentary with very audacious language for the Brazilian public television. Between 1984 and 1986, Furtado was director of the museum Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa in Porto Alegre. At the same time, with the help of José Pedro Goulart and Ana Luiza Azevedo, he created the company Luz Produções, where he made two short films and produced plays for theater. From 1986 to 1990, he made dozens of TV commercials. In 1987, he was one of the founders of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in which he still participates. In 1990, he worked on TV Globo, making scripts for many TV series. In 2008, Harvard University promoted an exhibition of his films called "Jorge Furtado's Porto Alegre".

• Year — Film — Director — Writer — Notes • 1993 — Agosto • 1994 — Memorial de Maria Moura • 1995 — A Comédia da Vida Privada • 1997 — Anchietanos — Television film • 1999 — Luna Caliente • 2000 — A Invenção do Brasil • 2000 — Brava Gente — Episode: "Meia Encarnada Dura de Sangue" • 2001 — Os Normais — 2 episodes • 2008–2009 — Ó Paí, Ó — 10 episodes • 2009 — Decamerão: A Comédia do Sexo • 2011 — A Mulher Invisível — 1 episode • 2011 — Homens de Bem — Television film • 2011–2013 — A História do Amor • 2012 — Doce de Mãe — Television film • 2014 — Doce de Mãe • 2015 — Mister Brau • 2016 — Nada Será Como Antes • 2017 — Sob Pressão — 3 episodes • 2020 — Todas as Mulheres do Mundo • 2020 — Amor e Sorte

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