Walter Tournier

Directing

Walter Tournier

Born

1944-07-14 (82)

Place of birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Walter Tournier (born July 14, 1944) is a Uruguayan director of animated and documentary films, who is closely identified with that country's enterprising filmmaking community. His work has been well-received both at home and at film festivals in Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Bed poster
6.0

A bed starts moving by itself, squeaking until it reaches its climax.

The Bed

2008

The Bed poster
6.0

A bed starts moving by itself, squeaking until it reaches its climax.

The Bed

2008

We Want to be Alive poster
NR

Two humans and a dog try to find shelter during a storm, but nobody is paying attention to them.

We Want to be Alive

2005

We Want to be Alive poster
NR

Two humans and a dog try to find shelter during a storm, but nobody is paying attention to them.

We Want to be Alive

2005

I Want poster
NR

Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in the world.

I Want

2000

I Want poster
NR

Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in the world.

I Want

2000

Seven Seas Pirates poster
6.2

Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. When Captain Bullock decides to abandon him on an uninhabited island, he discovers a new outlook on the world and learns to survive alone, becoming the real Robinson Crusoe.

Seven Seas Pirates

2012

Seven Seas Pirates poster
6.2

Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. When Captain Bullock decides to abandon him on an uninhabited island, he discovers a new outlook on the world and learns to survive alone, becoming the real Robinson Crusoe.

Seven Seas Pirates

2012

Octavio Podestá poster
9.0

A record of the works and reflections of this notable Uruguayan sculptor as a starting point to question the fate of art in our society, a question of how this artistic expression remains limited to a restricted area due to the lack of a true cultural policy.

Octavio Podestá

1988

Octavio Podestá poster
9.0

A record of the works and reflections of this notable Uruguayan sculptor as a starting point to question the fate of art in our society, a question of how this artistic expression remains limited to a restricted area due to the lack of a true cultural policy.

Octavio Podestá

1988

I am poster
NR

A poor woman is abandoned by her partner after she gets pregnant, and she is determined to give the kid a better life.

I am

2002

I am poster
NR

A poor woman is abandoned by her partner after she gets pregnant, and she is determined to give the kid a better life.

I am

2002

Cerca/Lejos poster
NR

A seemingly innocent construction site behind a school hides a terrible secret.

Cerca/Lejos

2004

Christmas in the Caribbean poster
6.7

The governor of a small Caribbean island is about to be visited by his European nephews, so he decides to treat them with the celebration a traditional Christmas day. This includes eating turkey for dinner, decorating the Christmas tree, and watching the snow fall. His subjects are willing to fullfil this task in order to improve the distribution and protection of drinking water that comes from a spring.

Christmas in the Caribbean

2001

Christmas in the Caribbean poster
6.7

The governor of a small Caribbean island is about to be visited by his European nephews, so he decides to treat them with the celebration a traditional Christmas day. This includes eating turkey for dinner, decorating the Christmas tree, and watching the snow fall. His subjects are willing to fullfil this task in order to improve the distribution and protection of drinking water that comes from a spring.

Christmas in the Caribbean

2001

Junk poster
10.0

In a post-apocalyptic world, a humanoid robot creates a dog out of spare parts.

Junk

2015

Junk poster
10.0

In a post-apocalyptic world, a humanoid robot creates a dog out of spare parts.

Junk

2015

Junk poster
10.0

In a post-apocalyptic world, a humanoid robot creates a dog out of spare parts.

Junk

2015

No artwork available
NR

Documentary in homage to Don Augusto Ascuez, who rescues from oblivion unregistered and nearly lost themes of Afro-Peruvian folklore.

Don Augusto

1984

In Spite of Everything poster
7.0

A short story about human creativity blocked by the destruction and death that wars bring with them, and how art pieces go beyond the life of their creators.

In Spite of Everything

2003

In Spite of Everything poster
7.0

A short story about human creativity blocked by the destruction and death that wars bring with them, and how art pieces go beyond the life of their creators.

In Spite of Everything

2003

In Spite of Everything poster
7.0

A short story about human creativity blocked by the destruction and death that wars bring with them, and how art pieces go beyond the life of their creators.

In Spite of Everything

2003

We Want to be Heard poster
NR

A group of kids start their own band after being inspired by the adults.

We Want to be Heard

2006

The Chief and the Carpenter poster
10.0

The indigenous inhabitants of a Caribbean island are happy living a quiet life in harmony with nature, but their governor wants to be remembered, so he orders everyone to help him be the first man to reach the moon.

The Chief and the Carpenter

2000

I Want to be Cared For poster
NR

A couple of kids start to beat up a ragged doll because it's not doing what it's told.

I Want to be Cared For

2003

I Want to be Cared For poster
NR

A couple of kids start to beat up a ragged doll because it's not doing what it's told.

I Want to be Cared For

2003

I Want to Play poster
NR

A group of kids create a robot out of spare parts.

I Want to Play

2003

I Want to Play poster
NR

A group of kids create a robot out of spare parts.

I Want to Play

2003

I want to participate poster
NR

A man tries to connect with his neighbours to no avail.

I want to participate

2002

I want to participate poster
NR

A man tries to connect with his neighbours to no avail.

I want to participate

2002

Cease Game poster
8.0

A boy and a dog try to survive in the middle of a battlefield.

Cease Game

2017

Cease Game poster
8.0

A boy and a dog try to survive in the middle of a battlefield.

Cease Game

2017

My Family poster
NR

The younger members of a big happy family reflect on how lucky they are.

My Family

2002

My Family poster
NR

The younger members of a big happy family reflect on how lucky they are.

My Family

2002

Yo quiero aprender poster
NR

A girl sees other kids running with backbacks on their backs, leaving behind numbers and letters, and she decides to follow them.

Yo quiero aprender

2004

La gesta de una conciencia poster
NR

Audiovisual on three screens that commemorates a triple anniversary: 70 years of the Association of Medical Students, 65 of the Uruguayan Medical Union and 50 of its Assistance Center.

La gesta de una conciencia

1985

El Cóndor y el Zorro poster
NR

Based on Andean legends, it's about the fights between the condor and fox that put nature in danger.

El Cóndor y el Zorro

1979

In the Jungle There Is Much to Do poster
8.7

A father tries to make his little daughter understand the reason for his political imprisonment. The jungle serves as an allegory of society and the hunter as its danger.

In the Jungle There Is Much to Do

1972

Vamos a encontrarnos poster
NR

A kid plays a football game on his computer, while a group of kids play football in real life through the window.

Vamos a encontrarnos

2011

Our Little Paradise poster
NR

A man lives life intensely through his television set, turning his back on reality.

Our Little Paradise

1983