Yves Goulart

Yves Goulart is a Brazilian actor, producer and filmmaker, born in Urussanga, Santa Catarina, on May 15, 1975. Goulart started his artistic career in 1995 as an actor on the stages of Paraná, Brazil. He gradually discovered and branched out into other means of expression, like movies and television. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Filmmaking and Education, at the Gama Filho University, in Rio de Janeiro, where he discovered his calling as a director, thus starting to build his Filmography. In 2005, after completing 10 years of his career, Goulart was honored by the City Hall and City Council of Urussanga, receiving the 'Honor of Merit Award', for representing his hometown artistically. In 2010, Goulart received the 'Brazilian Press Award' by the Brazilian Press in the United States, for his outstanding accomplishments in filmmaking. In the same year, he was nominated 'Lusophone Personality of the Year' from the CHAMA Association of Strasbourg University, in France. Goulart studied theater in Curitiba, Brazil. Goulart developed the project 'Theater Workshop' for the poor, having taught in Urussanga (Santa Catarina), Curitiba (Paraná), Cascavel (Paraná) and Paranaguá (Paraná), from 1999 to 2002. In 2006, he wrote the monograph 'Film in Education', during his graduate course in Education, at the Gama Filho University. As a screenwriter, he wrote Black Gold, Illuminations, Edilamar, which was selected for the project 'Revealing the Many Brazils - Year I' (2004), by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, Tracking The Cultural Convoy, The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia To New York, Beyond The Light and Francisco De Assis. He also wrote 'Urussanga', which received the 'Production Incentive Award', for best screenplay, in the 3rd Catarina Documentary Festival (2004). As a filmmaker, he produced and made five films that participated in several Brazilian and international film festivals and showings. Goulart was invited by Dr. Domício Coutinho, president of the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts (BEA), in New York, to be the curator of the film project 'Brazilian Film on Thursdays' (2008 and 2009). The project promotes the screening of classic, independent and successful Brazilian films, every Thursday, aiming to make known the national film industry. After the screenings, Goulart leads discussions with the audience, accompanied by special guests like: Guilherme Parreiras, Micki Mihich and Stela Brandão. On September 29, 2008, Coutinho and Goulart officially inaugurated the 'Nelson Pereira dos Santos Hall', at BEA. The filmmaker Nelson Pereira was present at the ceremony, where he was decorated with the 'Machado de Assis Medal of Merit', from the Brazilian Union of Writers of New York (UBENY).