Person

Flavio Alves

Directing · Born 1969-11-30 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Flavio Pimenta Alves is a writer, screenwriter, and film director resident in America since 1998. His movies consistently feature elderly characters as protagonists. Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and served the Brazilian navy for several years before coming to America in 1997. He was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998 based on political opinion and sexual orientation after he wrote the book, Toque de Silêncio ("Call to Silence", 1997), describing his life as a gay man in the Brazilian navy.

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  The Garden Left Behind

  Director

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  Tom in America

  Director

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  The Secret Friend

  Screenplay

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  Art Machine

  Producer

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  To Busk or Not to Busk

  Public Relations

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  Only Solomon Lee

  Producer

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  Even in My Dreams

  Writer

• 2026To Busk or Not to BuskPublic Relations
• 2020The Garden Left BehindDirector
• 2014Tom in AmericaDirector
• 2013Only Solomon LeeProducer
• 2012Art MachineProducer
• 2010The Secret FriendScreenplay
• 2008Even in My DreamsWriter