Production
Donald Ranvaud
Born 1953-12-05 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Donald Ranvaud (5 December 1953 - 5 September 2016) was a British film producer and film journalist. Ranvaud had producing roles on a number of Oscar-nominated films including The Constant Gardener (2005), City of God (2002), Central Station (1998) and Farewell My Concubine (1993). He is now best known for his work in the Latin American film industry, especially in Brazil and Bolivia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Ranvaud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
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The Making of Plus One
2010
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Visioni private
1990
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Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015
4.1Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
Cobrador: In God We Trust
2007
Behind the camera
8.4In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
City of God
2002
5.9Two young indigenous brothers from the La Sierra Tarahumara region of northwest Mexico return home from Benito Juarez elementary boarding school, only to find their fates pulling them in opposite directions in director Laura Amelia Guzmán's dramatic meditation on the value of culture and the cost of progress.
Cochochi
2007
3.2A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.
Something About Her
2021
6.3A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.
Rolling Family
2004
4.6A suicidal young singer named Reni is about to get kicked out of her band when she meets a male gigolo, Andres, at an ATM after he picks her pocket. They begin an affair, and she decides to become a hooker so she can spend more time with her newfound love.
Smokers Only
2002
5.2Farmer raised in the USA returns to Brazil when he discovers that his uncle is involved with some illegal activities.
Buena Sorte
1996
6.9In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.
Madame Satã
2002
6.7After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.
Tieta of Agreste
1996
6.9A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string.
Life on a String
1991
6.2This gritty documentary takes you inside the legendary Oso Blanco, the most feared prison of Puerto Rico and one of the most notorious in the Caribbean. It is the birthplace of two of the most dangerous Latino gangs: "Ñeta" and "Los 27" (aka "Los Insectos") and the scene of hundreds of murders.
Oso Blanco
2009
NRShort report on the making of Paul Schrader's film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, aired as part of the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985.
Inside Mishima
1985
NRShort report on the making of Paul Schrader's film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, aired as part of the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985.
Inside Mishima
1985
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Visioni private
1990