João Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro, born 1962) is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University.
Filmography
- 2006 – Santiago
- 2004 – Entreatos
- 2003 – Nelson Freire
- 1999 – Notícias de uma guerra particular (directed and written with Kátia Lund)
- 1998 – Futebol (TV series directed with Arthur Fontes)
- 1990 – Blues
- 1989 – América (TV series)
Awards and nominations
- 2000 – Silver Daisy Awards, Brazil (Silver Daisy for Notícias de uma Guerra Particular)
- 2001 – Málaga Spanish Film Festival (Special Mention for Notícias de uma Guerra Particular, shared with Kátia Lund)
- 2003 – Silver Daisy Awards, Brazil (Silver Daisy for Nelson Freire)
- 2004 – São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards (Best Documentary for Nelson Freire)
- 2004 – Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (Best Documentary for Nelson Freire)
- 2005 – São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards (Best Film for Entreatos)
- 2005 – Havana Film Festival (Grand Coral – Second Prize for Entreatos)
- 2007 – Lima Latin American Film Festival (Best Documentary for Santiago)
- 2007 – Cinéma du réel (Grand Prize for “Santiago”)
- 2007 – Alba International Film Festival (Audience Award for “Santiago”)
- 2008 – Miami International Film Festival (Knight Grand Jury Prize for “Santiago”)
Joao Roberto Marinho Net Worth: Joao Roberto Marinho is a Brazilian businessman who has a net worth of $10.1 billion. Born João Roberto Marinho on September 16, 1953 in Rio de Janeiro, he is a Chairman of the Editorial Board and Vice President of the Globo Organizations. Actually, he shares control of the privately-held Rede Globo, Latin America’s largest media group, with his two billionaire brothers, Roberto Irineu Marinho and José Roberto Marinho. Rede Globo, which nowadays holds about half of Brazil’s TV market, was founded by Marinho brothers’ father, Roberto Marinho, who left his business to his three sons upon his death in 2003. Naturally, Joao Roberto Marinho made his career beginnings in his father’s company as a journalist for the newspaper “O Globo”. Over the years, he also became Managing Director of the Roberto Marinho Foundation as well as Chairman of the Editorial Board who in practical terms determines the editorial line of the Globo Organizations. Joao Roberto Marinho is married to Gisela Marinho, with whom he has one son, Rodrigo Marinho, the vice president of the Globo Organizations today.
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