2004Nominee
Best Director
Playing in the Dark
Toni Venturi
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
November 21, 1955
Biography
Antônio Venturi Neto, better known as Toni Venturi, was a Brazilian film director. Graduated in photographic arts from the University of Ryerson, in Canada, and in cinema from the University of São Paulo (USP), Toni Venturi was president of the São Paulo Filmmakers Association (Apaci) in 2001. He directed the fiction features "Latitude Zero", by 2002, "Cabra-Cega", 2005, "Estamos Juntos", 2011, and "A Comédia Divina", 2017. He also directed the documentaries "O Velho – A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes" and "Rita Cadillac – A Lady do Povo”. He died in 2024, aged 68.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2001Nominee
Best Director
Latitude Zero
2010Nominee
Best Director
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
Career Highlights
2016Highlight
Best Director
João Gonçalves - Forte e Poderoso
2017Highlight
Best Director
A Comédia Divina
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Latitude Zero