Walter Salles Biography

Awards

• 1992Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1992Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1996Golden Rosa Camuna-: winner
• 1996Grand Prix-Foreign Film: winner
• 1996Premio Guarani-Best Screenplay: winner
• 1996Premio Guarani-Best Director: winner
• 1996Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1996Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1996Silver Daisy-: winner
• 1996APCA Trophy-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 1998Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: winner
• 1998Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Competition: winner
• 1998Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 1998Award of the Havana University-: winner
• 1998Glauber Rocha Award - Special Mention-: winner
• 1998Golden Leopard-: nominated
• 1998LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 1998Youth Jury Award-: winner
• 1998Audience Award-: winner
• 1998Silver Daisy-: winner
• 1998Most Popular Film-: nominated
• 1999Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
• 1999BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
• 1999César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 1999David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 1999Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 1999Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 1999Premio Guarani-Best Director: winner
• 1999Audience Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 1999Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 1999Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1999Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 1999Golden Satellite Award-Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language: winner
• 1999Spain Film Critics Association Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
• 1999APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 1999APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2000Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
• 2000Silver Ariel-Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana): winner
• 2000Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2000Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Cinema Release (Melhor Lançamento de Cinema): nominated
• 2000Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2000Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2001Golden Lion-: nominated
• 2001Little Golden Lion-: winner
• 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
• 2002Best Director-: winner
• 2002House of the Americas Award-: winner
• 2002Silver Daisy-: winner
• 2002Little Golden Lion-: winner
• 2003Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2003Premio Guarani-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2004Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
• 2004François Chalais Award-: winner
• 2004Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2004Screen International Award-: nominated
• 2004Hollywood World Award-: winner
• 2004LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2004Audience Award-: winner
• 2004Audience Award-: winner
• 2005Silver Condor-Best Director (Mejor Director): nominated
• 2005BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
• 2005Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2005César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2005Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2005DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film: winner
• 2005Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2005Imagen Award-Best Director - Film: winner
• 2005INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
• 2005ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2005Premio ACE-Cinema - Best Director: winner
• 2005Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2006Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2008Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2008Grand Coral - Second Prize-: winner
• 2008Prêmio Qualidade-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2009ACIE Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2009ACIE Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): nominated
• 2009Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2009Jury Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2009Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2009Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2009Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2009APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2012Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2012Sydney Film Prize-: nominated
• 2015Grierson Award-Documentary Film: nominated
• 2015Premio Fénix-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023CinEuphoria-Best Film - National Competition: winner
• 2023CinEuphoria-Best Director - National Competition: nominated
• 2023CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - National Competition: nominated
• 2023CinEuphoria-Best Editing - National Competition: nominated
• 2023CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - National Competition: winner
• 2024Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): winner
• 2024ACCIRS Award-Best National Feature Film: winner
• 2024Prix du Public-Fiction: winner
• 2024Prix Danielle Le Roy du Jury Étudiant-Fiction: winner
• 2024Prix du public-: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Miami Film Festival GEMS: winner
• 2024Audience Award-World Cinema: winner
• 2024Fiction Feature Competition-: nominated
• 2024Lihuén Award-: winner
• 2024Audience Award - Honorable Mention-Masters of Cinema: winner
• 2024People's Choice Award-Gala-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon East - West Award-: winner
• 2024Prêmio Arcanjo-Cinema: winner
• 2024Prêmio F5-Film of the Year (Filme do Ano): winner
• 2024Prêmio Área VIP-Best National Production (Melhor Produção Nacional): winner
• 2024ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): winner
• 2024Audience Award-Best Brazilian Fiction: winner
• 2024VHS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Galas & Special Presentations: winner
• 2024SIGNIS Award-: winner
• 2024Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Green Drop Award-: winner
• 2025Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Iberoamerican Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana): winner
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
• 2025BOFA-Best Director: winner
• 2025Accecine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa-Metragem Brasileiro): winner
• 2025Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2025Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Picture (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: winner
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-International Feature: winner
• 2025Golden Rooster-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2025Audience Choice Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-IFFR Audience Award: winner
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Films from the South Award-The Silver Mirror Honorary Award: winner
• 2025FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
• 2025Premios ACACV-Best Ibero-American Feature Film: winner
• 2025Premios Macondo-Best Ibero-American Feature Film: winner
• 2025FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
• 2025Septimius Award-Best American Film: nominated
• 2025Series Em Cena Award-Favorite Film of the Year: winner
• 2025Series Em Cena Award-Film of the Year: winner
• 2025Series Em Cena Award-National Film of the Year: winner
• 2025APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2025APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2025Platino Award-Best Director: winner
• 2026Robert-Best Non-English Language Film (Årets ikke-engelsksprogede film): nominated
• 2026Días de Cine Award-Best International Film: nominated