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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).
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2025
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
Movie Self
- 2024
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2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie Self
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2017
Dunas do Barato
Movie Self
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2013
We're So Young
Movie Director
- 2010
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2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Movie Self
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2009
Domingos
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Movie Self
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2006
No Meio da Rua
Movie Director
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2006
Gatão de Meia Idade
Movie Director
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2000
Brava Gente
TV show Writer
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1998
Uma Aventura do Zico
Movie Director
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1997
O Cangaceiro
Movie Screenplay
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1989
Capitães da Areia
TV show Writer
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1988
Tarcísio & Glória
TV show Writer
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1984
Mirror of Flesh
Movie Screenplay
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1982
Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti
Movie Director
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1979
Plantão de Polícia
TV show Writer
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1978
Ciranda, Cirandinha
TV show Writer
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1977
Cordão de Ouro
Movie Director
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1975
Arquitetura de Morar
Movie Director
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1974
The Devil Queen
Movie Director
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1974
Chorinhos e Chorões
Movie Director
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1972
Wanda Pimentel
Movie Director
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1970
Os Mutantes
Movie Director
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1970
My Name is Gal
Movie Director
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1969
Copacabana Fools Me
Movie Director
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1969
O Último Homem
Movie Story
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1967
Ver Ouvir
Movie Director
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1965
My Home Is Copacabana
Movie Assistant Director
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1965
O Circo
Movie Assistant Director
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1965
Heitor dos Prazeres
Movie Director
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1963
The Beggars
Movie