Directing
Karim Aïnouz
Born 1966-01-17
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Department: Directing
Biography
Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karim Aïnouz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Karim Aïnouz
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Rosebush Pruning
2026
TMDB3.1
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Invisible Life
2019
TMDB3.9
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Dead Presidents
1995
TMDB3.4
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Firebrand
2024
TMDB3.1
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Behind the Sun
2001
TMDB3.7
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Lower City
2005
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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
2005
TMDB3.5
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Poison
1991
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Keep the Lights On
2012
TMDB2.9
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Madame Satã
2002
TMDB3.5
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (88 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oceanic | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Rosebush Pruning | Director | Movie | 2026 |
 | Motel Destino | Director | Movie | 2024 |
| Motel Destino | Co-Writer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Firebrand | Director | Movie | 2024 |
 | Mariner of the Mountains | Writer | Movie | 2023 |
| Mariner of the Mountains | Director | Movie | 2023 |
 | Quando a Coisa Vira Outra | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Nardjes A. | Director | Movie | 2021 |
| Marin des montagnes | Director | Movie | 2021 | |
 | Mission Persephone | Director | Movie | 2020 |
| Mission Persephone | Screenplay | Movie | 2020 |
 | 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing | Director | Movie | 2019 |
 | We Still Have the Deep Black Night | Script Consultant | Movie | 2019 |
 | Invisible Life | Director | Movie | 2019 |
| Invisible Life | Screenplay | Movie | 2019 |
 | Central Airport THF | Director | Movie | 2018 |
 | Saudade | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | About Cinema | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | Velázquez – Wild Realism | Writer | Movie | 2015 |
| Velázquez – Wild Realism | Director | Movie | 2015 |
 | Short Plays | Director | Movie | 2014 |
 | Cathedrals of Culture | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Cathedrals of Culture | Writer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Futuro Beach | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Futuro Beach | Writer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Sunday | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Sunday | Writer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director | Movie | 2013 |
 | Keep the Lights On | Thanks | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Silver Cliff | Director | Movie | 2011 |
| The Silver Cliff | Writer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Sunny Lane | Director of Photography | Movie | 2011 |
| Sunny Lane | Writer | Movie | 2011 |
| Sunny Lane | Director | Movie | 2011 |
| Destricted.br experimental | Director | Movie | 2011 | |
| Destricted.br experimental | Writer | Movie | 2011 | |
| Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) | Director | Movie | 2011 | |
 | Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | Bra | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Joy | Associate Producer | Movie | 2010 |
 | I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | Writer | Movie | 2010 |
 | Alice | Director | TV Series | 2008 |
| Alice | Producer | TV Series | 2008 |
| Alice | Creator | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Cinema in 7 Colors | Himself | Movie | 2008 |
 | Critic | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | OK | Executive Producer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Love for Sale | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
| Love for Sale | Director | Movie | 2006 |
 | Lower City | Screenplay | Movie | 2005 |
 | Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures | Associate Producer | Movie | 2005 |
| Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures | Writer | Movie | 2005 |
 | If It Where Always Like This | Writer | Movie | 2004 |
| If It Where Always Like This | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Pool Acrylic Blue Hinterland | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Pool Acrylic Blue Hinterland | Writer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Madame Satã | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Madame Satã | Writer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Behind the Sun | Screenplay | Movie | 2001 |
 | Rifa-me | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Rifa-me | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Les Ballons des Bairros | Writer | Movie | 1998 | |
| Les Ballons des Bairros | Director | Movie | 1998 | |
| Hic Habitat Felicitas | Writer | Movie | 1996 | |
| Hic Habitat Felicitas | Director | Movie | 1996 | |
| Irreversible Metabolic Shock | Writer | Movie | 1996 | |
| Irreversible Metabolic Shock | Director | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Dead Presidents | Assistant Editor | Movie | 1995 |
 | Seams | Director | Movie | 1993 |
| Seams | Producer | Movie | 1993 |
| Seams | Writer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Swoon | Assistant Editor | Movie | 1992 |
| O Preso | Director | Movie | 1992 | |
| O Preso | Writer | Movie | 1992 | |
 | Poison | Assistant Editor | Movie | 1991 |
| Poison | Electrician | Movie | 1991 |
| Poison | Casting | Movie | 1991 |
 | La Divina | Sound Editor | Movie | 1989 |
| Favela High-Tech | Screenplay | Movie | — | |
| Favela High-Tech | Director | Movie | — | |
| O Sol na Cabeça | Writer | Movie | — | |
| O Sol na Cabeça | Director | Movie | — | |
| Trevo de Quatro Navalhas | Director | Movie | — | |
| Lana Jaguaribe | Director | Movie | — | |
 | Joqueta | Producer | Movie | — |
| Last Dance | Director | Movie | — |