Rita Buzzar

Rita Buzzar is a screen writer-producer, and director of the film company Nexus Cinema e Video in Brazil. She has a degree in Cinema from the University of Sao Paulo. She has authored television successes such as the mini-series "Rosa dos Rumos" (1990-91), the soap opera "A Historia de Ana Raio e Ze Trovao" (1990-91) and "A Queridinha", directed by Walter Avancini, all for the Rede Manchete network. She wrote the screenplays for "Lara" and "Maria dos Prazeres", the latter an international production by Carlo Ponti. She worked with Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the "Amores Posibles" series, for Spanish television. Her project "Luz no Ceu" was selected for a screen-writing workshop at the Sundance Institute, in the USA. She has directed many TV documentaries, including "Carandiru.doc", about Carandiru Detention Center and the filming of Hector Babenco's movie set in the prison. She wrote the film "Olga", which she produced in conjunction with Globo Filmes and Lumiere. "Olga" was seen by over three million viewers and won more than 20 awards in Brazil and internationally. She wrote and produced the film "Budapest", based on Chico Buarque's homonymous novel, as a Brazilian, Portuguese and Hungarian co-production. Directed by Walter Carvalho, it was released in May 2009. Rita is currently producing the film "O Tempo e o Vento", a new undertaking with director Jayme Monjardim, based on the epic work of celebrated Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo. She is also writer and producer of "Forgetiminoti" and "Duetto", a Brazilian-Italian co-production. She is concurrently producing the film "Madame Durocher", a French-Brazilian co-production.