World Cinema Amsterdam | Internationaal filmfestival | 18 – 27 Augustus 2016

Chico Teixeira

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Chico TEIXEIRA (1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), graduated as an economist, started working for television in the journalism department. Later, he started a career in independent documentary making, choosing a ‘humanist’ line. His first film is FAVELAS (1989), awarded in Brazil and in Portugal at the Algarve International Festival. From 1991-2000 he directed several documentaries that were successful at festivals and received many prizes. His first feature film is A CASA DE ALICE.
FILMOGRAPHY – FEATURE
2007 A casa de Alice (Alice’s House)
FILMOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARIES
2000 Carrego comigo (The Inner Me)
1995 Criaturas que nasciam em segredo (Creatures Born in Secret)
1991 Velhice (Old Age)
1989 Favelas (Shanty Towns)
Biography
Chico Teixeira (1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), graduated as an economist, started working for television in the journalism department. Later, he started a career in independent documentary making, choosing a ‘humanist’ line. His first film is Favelas (1989), awarded in Brazil and in Portugal at the Algarve International Festival. From 1991-2000 he directed several documentaries that were successful at festivals and received many prizes. His first feature film is A casa de Alice.

Filmography
Features
2007 A casa de Alice (Alice’s House)

Documentaries
2000 Carrego comigo (The Inner Me)
1995 Criaturas que nasciam em segredo (Creatures Born in Secret)
1991 Velhice (Old Age)
1989 Favelas (Shanty Towns)