Walter Hugo Khouri
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 21, 1929, Sao Paulo - Brazil
- Died
- June 27, 2003
- Movies
- 32
Walter Hugo Khouri was born in São Paulo, in 1929, and through his career directed 25 feature-length films, beginning after working as a technician at the Vera Cruz Film Company during the production of "O Cangaceiro". Debuting with 1951s "O Gigante de Pedra", Khouri was a complete auteur, working as screenwriter, director, camera operator and editing supervisor for most of his films.
During his career, Khouri filmed the moral decadence of the Brazilian bourgeoisie and the erotic aesthetics as a personal, psychological issue. His works focused on the existential character of Brazilian society's upper classes. His filmes are marked by the presence of Marcelo, a recurring character that serves as an avatar and alter-ego for Khouri himself. He died in São Paulo in 2003, at age 73.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1994 | O Construtor de Sonhos | |
| 1991 | The Body | |
| 1983 | Vox Populi: Walter Hugo Khouri | Himself |
| 1971 | Brazil in Cannes |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1999 | Paixão Perdida | Director, Writer |
| 1995 | As Feras | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Forever | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | I | Writer, Director |
| 1987 | Mônica e a Sereia do Rio | Director |
| 1984 | Wistful Lover | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1982 | Love Strange Love | Director, Writer |
| 1982 | Eu, Xuxa, Estreando em Cinema | Director |
| 1981 | Eros, the God of Love | Writer, Director |
| 1980 | Invitation to Pleasure | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | Daughters of Fire | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | The Prisoner of Sex | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Paixão e Sombras | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Desire | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1974 | Angel of the Night | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | O Último Êxtase | Writer, Director |
| 1972 | The Goddesses | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Um Anjo Mau | Producer |
| 1970 | The Palace of Angels | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1968 | The Amorous Ones | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1966 | As Cariocas | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Burning Body | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1964 | Men and Women | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1963 | The Island | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1960 | In the Devil's Throat | Writer, Director |
| 1959 | Lonesome Women | Director, Writer |
| 1958 | Strange Encounter | Writer, Director |
| 1954 | O Gigante de Pedra | Writer, Director |
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