
Directing
Jorge Furtado
Born
1959-06-09 (67)
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
51 titles
Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. 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 a reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter, and producer. In 1982 created a TV show Quizumba, which 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…
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O País do Cinema
2016
NRChico, Andrew, Luciano, and Cristina are four friends who spend their lives crossing paths again and again—through school, college, travels, jobs, and conflicts—until they eventually part ways for good. An episode of the tv show Comédia da Vida Privada.
Anchietanos
1997
7.2When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
2007
7.3After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.
Good Luck
2014
8.2A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Isle of Flowers
1989
7.1In the concrete jungles of lawless futuristic Brazil, enemies spout slam poetry in duels as their movements remind us of parkour. The adrenaline rush breaks into three timelines: the past introduces teenager Riobaldo and handsome Diadorim, the present depicts a bloody clash and reveals sexual identities, and the future exposes Riobaldo’s deal with the devil.
Great Sertão
2024
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
2010s · 3 titles
5.5The starting point is an unlikely name, Primavera das Neves, a translator of Lewis Carroll, Daniel Defoe and Julio Verne, who disappeared without a trace in the 1960s. Could it be a pseudonym? The search for a name found an extraordinary woman and a life dedicated to beauty and truth. And then a letter arrived warning that the story was only just beginning.
Quem É Primavera das Neves
2017
8.032 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.
The Screenwriter
2012
6.0Twenty-two years later, the locals of Ilha dos Marinheiros (were "Ilha das Flores" has been shot) give their point of view and explain the negative repercussions of the movie on their lives.
Ilha das Flores: Depois Que A Sessão Acabou
2011
2000s · 3 titles
6.0A 10-part documentary about 10 Brazilian filmmakers: Linduarte Noronha, Jorge Furtado, Ruy Guerra, Murilo Salles, Paulo Caldas, Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, David Neves, Julio Bressane, Ana Carolina and Carlos Reichenbach.
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
7.9Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Critic
2008
8.1No synopsis available yet.
Inacreditável: A Batalha dos Aflitos
2006
1990s · 1 titles
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
Behind the camera
NRChico, Andrew, Luciano, and Cristina are four friends who spend their lives crossing paths again and again—through school, college, travels, jobs, and conflicts—until they eventually part ways for good. An episode of the tv show Comédia da Vida Privada.
Anchietanos
1997
NRChico, Andrew, Luciano, and Cristina are four friends who spend their lives crossing paths again and again—through school, college, travels, jobs, and conflicts—until they eventually part ways for good. An episode of the tv show Comédia da Vida Privada.
Anchietanos
1997
7.2When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
2007
7.2When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
2007
7.3After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.
Good Luck
2014
8.2A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Isle of Flowers
1989
8.2A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Isle of Flowers
1989
7.1In the concrete jungles of lawless futuristic Brazil, enemies spout slam poetry in duels as their movements remind us of parkour. The adrenaline rush breaks into three timelines: the past introduces teenager Riobaldo and handsome Diadorim, the present depicts a bloody clash and reveals sexual identities, and the future exposes Riobaldo’s deal with the devil.
Great Sertão
2024
5.5Paula and Marcos have just split up after 20 years together. He is editor-in-chief of a news program and she is a television presenter. They have differing opinions, but remain friends and work partners. But despite this, the relationship of respect between them does not prevent them from having different views on how they should conduct the edition of the best moments of the debate that the TV will show - and that can interfere in the choice of hundreds of thousands of undecided voters.
O Debate
2022
5.4A photographer gets involved with a family as he seeks for a new model in a small town.
True Beauty
2015
5.4A photographer gets involved with a family as he seeks for a new model in a small town.
True Beauty
2015
8.0Rubem, a rideshare driver with no prospects, receives as inheritance the Pérola Motel, which he soon discovers is a dilapidated building. There, he meets Grace, a former employee who had stayed on living in one of the suites after the motel closed. Unable to sell the property and mired in debt, Grace and Rubem join forces to reopen the motel. Almost as a lark and with the help of Nalva, an internet whiz, they begin recording their guests and, to make some extra cash, selling the videos with identities masked to erotic websites. The scheme quickly becomes both lucrative and dangerous.
Muito Prazer
2026
8.0Rubem, a rideshare driver with no prospects, receives as inheritance the Pérola Motel, which he soon discovers is a dilapidated building. There, he meets Grace, a former employee who had stayed on living in one of the suites after the motel closed. Unable to sell the property and mired in debt, Grace and Rubem join forces to reopen the motel. Almost as a lark and with the help of Nalva, an internet whiz, they begin recording their guests and, to make some extra cash, selling the videos with identities masked to erotic websites. The scheme quickly becomes both lucrative and dangerous.
Muito Prazer
2026
NRLovemar is a dreamy seamstress longing for her first true love, captivated by the voice of radio star Rogério Roberts.
Suburbano Coração
1994
7.5A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
The Man Who Copied
2003
7.5A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
The Man Who Copied
2003
3.8Kelson is a young worker who uses his motorcycle to escape the police and win Neide's love. He buys a new motorcycle from swindler Fernando, without knowing that it belonged to a dangerous drug dealer, who got out of prison and now wants it back.
Vai Dar Nada
2022
3.8Kelson is a young worker who uses his motorcycle to escape the police and win Neide's love. He buys a new motorcycle from swindler Fernando, without knowing that it belonged to a dangerous drug dealer, who got out of prison and now wants it back.
Vai Dar Nada
2022
6.2Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
2004
6.2Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
2004
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Veja Bem
1994
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Veja Bem
1994
8.2A couple's last moments: their meetings, separations and a sandwich.
The Sandwich
2000
8.2A couple's last moments: their meetings, separations and a sandwich.
The Sandwich
2000
5.2Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as revenge, Julius sleeps with Ana Maria, a friend of their daughter Guida. From this episode on, their lives are no longer the same.
Tolerância
2000
6.7A coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two "summers" have on the lives of several teenagers. The main story involves an innocent teenage boy and a conniving teenage girl who meet on a beach one summer in Southern Brazil. They meet up again the following summer
Two Summers
2002
6.7A coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two "summers" have on the lives of several teenagers. The main story involves an innocent teenage boy and a conniving teenage girl who meet on a beach one summer in Southern Brazil. They meet up again the following summer
Two Summers
2002
7.4During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Pedro and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction.
Romance
2008
7.8Three minutes. The time to leave a message. To pass the baton and run 1600 meters. To cook an egg. The time to make a decision that can change your life.
3 Minutes
1999
8.0Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos massacre from an English cannon, nicknamed by the backlands people "A Matadeira", which was transported by twenty teams of oxen through the backlands to fire a single shot.
A Matadeira
1994
8.0Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos massacre from an English cannon, nicknamed by the backlands people "A Matadeira", which was transported by twenty teams of oxen through the backlands to fire a single shot.
A Matadeira
1994
NRMockumentary on a German moviemaker and an old vampire film in Southern Brazil.
O Vampiro de Novo Hamburgo
1991
NRMockumentary on a German moviemaker and an old vampire film in Southern Brazil.
O Vampiro de Novo Hamburgo
1991
6.4Thirty-eight years after the 1950 World Cup, a man went back in time to prevent the goal that defeated Brazil, destroyed his childhood dreams and ended goalkeeper Barbosa's career.
Barbosa
1988
6.4Thirty-eight years after the 1950 World Cup, a man went back in time to prevent the goal that defeated Brazil, destroyed his childhood dreams and ended goalkeeper Barbosa's career.
Barbosa
1988
5.9The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.
Before the World Ends
2010
8.5Eleutério and Rafaela's marriage is tested when she wins a contest to meet Sydartha, a soap opera heartthrob. The romantic teacher confuses fiction and reality when she meets her idol.
A Fábrica de Sonhos
2025
6.6The special brings the continuation of the plot starring Gilda and Lúcia in the series 'Amor e Sorte'. After a period of forced coexistence due to social isolation, they face a new reality.
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
2020
7.140 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.
Rend Your Heart
2018
7.140 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.
Rend Your Heart
2018




