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Director of the Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated films Central Station and Behind the Sun.His first Hollywood film was Dark Water, an adaptation of the 2002 Japanese horror film of the same name.His adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
BEFORE FAMEHe attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and first gained attention for his 1995 film Foreign Land.
PERSONAL LIFEHis father was Brazilian banker, politician, and philanthropist Walter Moreira Salles.
Famous QuotesThere are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
Director Walter Salles were born on Thursday, in a leap year, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 100 days until Walter Salles next birthday.
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