{{Short description|Brazilian film director, screenwriter and editor}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniela Thomas | birth_name = Daniela Gontijo Alves Pinto | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Brazil | occupation = {{hlist|Film Editor|film director|screenwriter}} | father = Ziraldo Alves Pinto | relatives = Antonio Pinto (brother) }}
'''Daniela Thomas''' (born 1959) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and editor.
== Early life == In 1959, Thomas was born as Daniela Gontijo Alves Pinto in Brazil. Thomas' father is Ziraldo Alves Pinto, a cartoonist. Thomas' brother is Antonio Pinto.
== Career == In 1994, Thomas co-directed her first feature film, ''Terra Estrangeira'' aka Foreign Land, alongside Walter Salles. Thomas is also its screenwriter and production designer.<ref name="allmovie_thomas"/> In 1998, Thomas debuted as a theatre director with her version of ''The Seagull'' by Anton Chekhov, starring Fernanda Montenegro and assisted by Luiz Päetow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/evento576543/da-gaivota|title=Da Gaivota|publisher=itaucultural|access-date=2016-01-04|archive-date=2018-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034924/http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/evento576543/da-gaivota|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, again with Salles, Thomas directed ''Linha de Passe'', the film which gave Sandra Corveloni a Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Thomas was also one of two creative directors for Rio's contribution to the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Thomas' film Vazante premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_36372.html|title=Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema / Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films|work=Berlinale|date=25 January 2017|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===As a director=== *1995 - ''Terra Estrangeira'' (a.k.a. ''Foreign Land'')<ref name="allmovie_thomas">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/foreign-land-v135834 |title=Foreign Land (1995) (as director, screenwriter, and production designer) |publisher=allmovie.com |accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref> *1998 - ''O Primeiro Dia'' (a.k.a. ''Midnight'') <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166707/ |title=Midnight (1998) |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref> *1998 - ''Somos Todos Filhos da Terra'' *2002 - ''Armas e Paz'' *2002 - ''Castanha e caju contra o encouraçado Titanic'' (short film) *2006 - ''Paris, je t'aime'' (segment "Loin du 16ème") *2007 - ''Linha de Passe'' *2009 - ''Sunstroke'' (''Insolação'') *2017 - ''Vazante'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/vazante |title=Vazante |publisher=metacritic.com |accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/movies/vazante-review-daniela-thomas.html |title=Review: Vazante Revisites Brazil's History in Black and White |work=The New York Times |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |date=January 10, 2018 |accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
===As a writer=== *1995 - ''Terra Estrangeira'' *1998 - ''Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura'' *1998 - ''O Primeiro Dia'' *2001 - ''Abril Despedaçado'' *2006 - ''Paris, je t'aime'' (segment "Loin du 16ème") *2007 - ''Linha de Passe'' *2017 - ''Vazante''
== Awards == * 2000 Winner of Silver Ariel Award for Midnight (1998).<ref name="imdb_awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166707/awards |title=Midnight (1998) -Awards |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref> * 2000 Winner of Best Director of Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Midnight (1998).<ref name="imdb_awards"/>
== See also == * 2000, Seen By...
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0858680}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|daniela_thomas}} * [https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/artist/daniela-thomas Daniela Thomas at Festival-cannes.com]
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