In the history of cinema, Anselmo Duarte is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Anselmo Duarte as Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter (1920–2009).
Anselmo Duarte was born at São Paulo in 1920. His recorded nationality is Brazil.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
Anselmo Duarte is credited as actor, film director and screenwriter.
Cinema keeps its people visible long after the industry that produced them has changed shape.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2008).
That the work was made from Brazil shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Anselmo Duarte died in 2009, aged 89. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) — 2008
- Worked as actor, film director and screenwriter
