Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Brazilian screenwriter and film director
About Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Lived 1941 – 2023 (aged 81). Carlos Alberto Prates Correia was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter.
Carlos Alberto Prates Correia (28 September 1941 – 28 May 2023) was a Brazilian screenwriter and film director.
Life and career Born in Montes Claros, Prates Correia started his career in 1965 directing the short film O Milagre em Lourdes, and then serving as assistant director of Cinema Novo author Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. He made his feature film in 1970, with the film Crioulo Doido. Following the dissolvement of Embrafilme in 1990, Prates Correia was not able to fund any project until 2007, when he directed his last film Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais, a documentary which was awarded best film at the 2008 Festival de Gramado.
Prates Correia died of heart attack on 27 May 2023, at the age of 81.
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Brazilian screenwriter and film director (1941–2023)
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Carlos Alberto Prates Correia was born on 28 September 1941 in Montes Claros.
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Carlos Alberto Prates Correia died on 28 May 2023 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Carlos Alberto Prates Correia was a film director and screenwriter.
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Carlos Alberto Prates Correia was Brazilian.
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