Eduardo Escorel Explained

Eduardo Escorel de Morais (born 1945), most known as Eduardo Escorel, is a Brazilian film editor and director. He debuted as an editor on the Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's The Priest and the Girl (1965).^[1] With his first feature film, Lição de Amor, he won the Best Director Award at the 1976 Gramado Film Festival.^[2] He was also awarded Best Director for his second film, Ato de Violência, this time at the 1980 Brasília Film Festival.^[3] He won Best Editing Award for Guerra Conjugal and O Chamado de Deus at the 1974 and 2000 Brasília Film Festival respectively,^[4] and for Dois Perdidos numa Noite Suja at the 2002 Gramado Film Festival.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Priest and the Girl (1965; editor, second unit director)
• My Home Is Copacabana (1965; actor)
• Entranced Earth (1967; editor)
• The Brave Warrior (1968; editor)
• Antonio das Mortes (1969; editor)
• Macunaíma (1969; editor)
• Cabezas cortadas (1970; editor)
• The Seven Headed Lion (1970; editor)
• Joanna Francesa (1973; editor)
• They Don't Wear Black-tie (1981; editor)
• Twenty Years Later (1984; editor)
• (2000; editor)
• Dois Perdidos numa Noite Suja (2002; editor)
• Paulo Moura - Alma Brasileira (2013; director)

Notes and References

1. Book: Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro . Ramos, Fernão . Miranda, Luiz Felipe . Senac . 2000 . 9788573590937 . 216–217.
2. Web site: Festival de Gramado – Premiados . https://web.archive.org/web/20130701061820/http://www.festivaldegramado.net/premiados . July 1, 2013 . . July 25, 2014 . Portuguese.
3. Web site: Ato de Violência . . May 2, 2014 . Portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055009/http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID%3D003182&format=detailed.pft . March 4, 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: O montador do Cinema Novo ganha o segundo Candango . December 19, 2000 . . Grupo Estado . May 2, 2014 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140504025604/http://www.estadao.com.br/arquivo/arteelazer/2000/not20001219p2164.htm . May 4, 2014 .