Walter Hugo Khouri

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Love Strange Love (1982) — Director
2. Men and Women (1964) — Director
3. The Prisoner of Sex (1978) — Director
4. I (1987) — Director
5. Invitation to Pleasure (1980) — Director
6. The Goddesses (1972) — Director
7. Daughters of Fire (1978) — Director
8. Eros, the God of Love (1981) — Director
9. Mônica e a Sereia do Rio (1987) — Director
10. Wistful Lover (1984) — Director
11. As Feras (1995) — Director
12. Angel of the Night (1974) — Director
13. The Burning Body (1966) — Director
14. Forever (1991) — Director
15. The Amorous Ones (1968) — Director
16. The Palace of Angels (1970) — Director
17. As Cariocas (1966) — Director
18. Strange Encounter (1958) — Director
19. O Último Êxtase (1973) — Director
20. The Desire (1975) — Director
21. Paixão Perdida (1999) — Director
22. O Gigante de Pedra (1954) — Director
23. Paixão e Sombras (1977) — Director
24. The Island (1963) — Director
25. In the Devil's Throat (1960) — Director
26. Lonesome Women (1959) — Director
27. Eu, Xuxa, Estreando em Cinema (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Body (1991)
2. Brazil in Cannes (1971)
3. O Construtor de Sonhos (1994)
4. Vox Populi: Walter Hugo Khouri (1983) — Himself