Walter Tournier

Directing

Walter Tournier

Born 1944-07-14 · Montevideo, Uruguay

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.

Acting 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 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

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 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

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

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

Cerca/Lejos poster
NR

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

Cerca/Lejos

2004

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

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

La rambla montevideana poster
10.0

A description of the Montevidean promenade as a vehicular route and as a communal space.

La rambla montevideana

1992

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

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

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