{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Short description|Brazilian screenwriter and film director (1958–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Chico Teixeira | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth-date|14 June 1958}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = {{Death-date and age|28 December 2019|14 June 1958}} | death_place = São Paulo, Brazil | occupation = Filmmaker }}
'''Chico Teixeira''' (14 June 1958 – 28 December 2019) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director.
== Life and career == Born in Rio de Janeiro, Teixeira graduated in economy, and in the second half of the 1980s started working on television, directing the Rede Manchete show ''Conexão Nacional''.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |title=Morre Chico Teixeira, diretor de 'Casa de Alice' e de 'Ausência' |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-chico-teixeira-diretor-de-casa-de-alice-de-ausencia-1-24134315 |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=O Globo |date=12 December 2019 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Starting from 1989, he directed several documentary films, winning the award for best director at the 1995 Festival de Gramado for ''Criaturas que nasciam em segredo''.<ref name="bio" />
He made his narrative feature film debut in 2007 with ''Alice's House'', which premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded the Grand Prix at the Cabourg Film Festival.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title=Brazilian film wins Cabourg prize |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/brazilian-film-wins-cabourg-prize-113848/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 June 2008}}</ref> His following film ''Absence'' won four awards at the Festival de Gramado including best film.<ref name="bio" />
Teixeira died of lung cancer on 28 December 2019, at the age of 61.<ref name="bio"></ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm0695350}} * [https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa14294/chico-teixeira Chico Teixeira] at Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
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