
Person
Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Directing · Born 1939-11-20 · São Paulo, Brazil
Biography
A Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer, Antonio Carlos da Fontoura was born in 1939, in the city of São Paulo. He wrote and directed a number of documentary shorts and feature-length films, including "Copacabana Me Engana" (1968), "A Rainha Diaba" (1974) and "Gatão de Meia Idade" (2006). Fontoura has also had a prolific work in TV, creating and writing soaps "Vidas Opostas" (2006), "Amor e Intrigas" (2007) and miniseries "Chapadão do Bugre" (1988) and "Capitães da Areia" (1989).
Known for

Brava Gente
Writer

Plantão de Polícia
Writer

Cordão de Ouro
Director

Tarcísio & Glória
Writer

Ciranda, Cirandinha
Writer
Wanda Pimentel
Director

O Cangaceiro
Screenplay

We're So Young
Director

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
Self

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Self
Filmography
- 2025Milton Gonçalves, Além do EspetáculoSelf
- 2024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”Self
- 2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoSelf
- 2017Dunas do BaratoSelf
- 2013We're So YoungDirector
- 2010Brazilian Portraits: Odete Lara
- 2009Loki: Arnaldo BaptistaSelf
- 2009DomingosSelf (archive footage)
- 2006O Sol - Caminhando contra o ventoSelf
- 2006No Meio da RuaDirector
- 2006Gatão de Meia IdadeDirector
- 2000Brava GenteWriter
- 1998Uma Aventura do ZicoDirector
- 1997O CangaceiroScreenplay
- 1988Tarcísio & GlóriaWriter
- 1984Mirror of FleshScreenplay
- 1982Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto CavalcantiDirector
- 1979Plantão de PolíciaWriter
- 1978Ciranda, CirandinhaWriter
- 1977Cordão de OuroDirector
- 1975Arquitetura de MorarDirector
- 1974The Devil QueenDirector
- 1974Chorinhos e ChorõesDirector
- 1972Wanda PimentelDirector
- 1970Os MutantesDirector
- 1970My Name is GalDirector
- 1969Copacabana Fools MeDirector
- 1969O Último HomemStory
- 1967Ver OuvirDirector
- 1965My Home Is CopacabanaAssistant Director
- 1965O CircoAssistant Director
- 1965Heitor dos PrazeresDirector
- 1963The Beggars
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