Guel Arraes
{{Short description|Brazilian filmmaker and TV director}}
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| birth_name = Miguel Arraes de Alencar Filho
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| birth_place = Recife, Brazil
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| years_active = 1981–present
| occupation = Filmmaker, TV director
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- Andréa Beltrão (1984–1987)
- Louise Cardoso (1987–1990)
- Virginia Cavendish (1991–2001)
- Carolina Jabor (2003–present)
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| children = Luisa Arraes
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- Ana Arraes (sister)
- Eduardo Campos (nephew)
- Marília Arraes (niece)
- João Henrique Campos (great-nephew)
- Pedro Campos (great-nephew)
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Miguel Arraes de Alencar Filho, known as Guel Arraes (born 12 December 1953) is a Brazilian filmmaker and TV director.
Until 2018, he was the director of weekly dramas at Rede Globo, being mainly responsible for the series and miniseries made by the network. Since then, he still continues to contribute, write and direct projects.{{Cite web |title=Perfil completo – Guel Arraes – Memória |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfil/guel-arraes/perfil-completo/ |access-date=26 August 2024|language=pt-BR}}
Biography
Arraes is the son of former governor of the state of Pernambuco Miguel Arraes and brother to Ana Arraes. He had lived for a time with his family in exile in Algeria during the military dictatorship. In 1972, he matriculated at the University of Paris, majoring in anthropology and becoming a member of the Ethnographic Film Committee, led by Jean Rouch. There, he worked as a projectionist, archivist, and editor. Arraes became part of Rede Globo in 1981 as co-director of the novela Jogo da Vida, created by Silvio de Abreu. He would later direct the novelas Guerra dos Sexos (1983) and Vereda Tropical (1984). The following year, he directed the hit series Armação Ilimitada. {{Cite web |title=Entrevista exclusiva: Guel Arraes fala de Caramuru |url=https://cineclick.uol.com.br/noticias/entrevista-exclusiva-guel-arraes-fala-de-caramuru |access-date=26 August 2024|website=Cineclick - tudo sobre cinema |language=pt-br}}
= Personal life =
In 1993, he and his wife, actress and film director Virginia Cavendish, had their child Luisa Arraes.{{Cite book |last=Milly Lacombe |first= |title=Entrevista com Guel Arraes |publisher=Revista TPM, Vol. 2, nº 24 |year= |page= |pages=96 páginas |id=}} In 2001, Arraes and Cavendish separated after having been married for 10 years. Despite separating, she invited him to direct in the film Lisbela e o Prisioneiro, where she would produce and also act in.{{cite web |url=http://contigo.abril.com.br/celebre/virginia-cavendish-391579.shtml?ft=0p |title=Celebre! Virgínia Cavendish |access-date=26 August 2024 |publisher=Contigo! }} He has been married to Carolina Jabor, the daughter of Arnaldo Jabor, since 2003.{{cite web|url=https://natelinha.uol.com.br/famosos/2022/02/16/genro-de-arnaldo-jabor-guel-arraes-beija-jornalista-no-caixao-176944.php|title=Genro de Arnaldo Jabor, Guel Arraes beija jornalista no caixão|last=|first=|publisher=UoL NaTelinha|date=16 February 2022|access-date=26 August 2024}}
Filmography
= As director =
- 1986 - 1988 Armação Ilimitada
- 1988 - TV Pirata
- 1991 - Doris para Maiores
- 1997 - A Comédia da Vida Privada
- 2000 - A Dog's Will
- 2001 - Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasil
- 2003 - Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
- 2008 - Romance
- 2010 - O Bem Amado
- 2010 - Papai Noel Existe - Writer
- 2011 - Esquenta!
- 2024 - Grande Sertão
- 2024 - O Auto da Compadecida 2
= As producer =
- 2000 - A Dog's Will
- 2001 - Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasil
- 2003 - Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
- 2003 - So Normal
- 2004 - Meu Tio Matou um Cara
- 2005 - O Coronel e o Lobisomem
Awards
- Best Director and Best Screenwriter Awards, as part of the Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for A Dog's Will (2000);
- Public Award, at the Miami Brazilian Cinema Festival, for A Dog's Will (2000)
- EPFTV Prize: best directing for A Dog's Will, in 1999; best comedy for Os Normais in 2001 and again in 2002; best comedy for A Grande Família in 2003; Was also nominated for the award for best adapt script for Ó Paí Ó in 2008.
References
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External links
{{Wikiquote|Guel Arraes}}
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Category:International Emmy Award–winning screenwriters
Category:Brazilian screenwriters
Category:Brazilian television directors
Category:University of Paris alumni