Biography and filmography

Anna Muylaert

Anna Muylaert (born April 21, 1964) is a Brazilian screenwriter and television and film director. She is known for her fourth film, The Second Mother, which entered the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and Panorama at Berlinale film festival, where the film received the Audience Award.

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Movies (33)

The Best Mother in the World

The Best Mother in the World

2025 · Director, Writer, Producer, Music Supervisor

The Business Women’s Club

The Business Women’s Club

2024 · Director, Writer, Producer

Our Father

Our Father

2022 · Writer, Director

Alvorada

Alvorada

2021 · Director, Editor, Producer

Um Café com Meu Avô Durval

Um Café com Meu Avô Durval

2021 · Director, Producer, Writer

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

2020 · Self

Let It Burn

Let It Burn

2019 · Producer

Body Electric

Body Electric

2017 · Associate Producer

Don't Call Me Son

Don't Call Me Son

2016 · Screenplay, Director, Producer

The Second Mother

The Second Mother

2015 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Irmã Dulce

Irmã Dulce

2014 · Writer

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário

2014

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2013 · Producer, Screenplay, Director

Collect Call

Collect Call

2012 · Writer, Director, Producer

Till Luck Do Us Part

Till Luck Do Us Part

2012 · Associate Producer

Xingu

Xingu

2012 · Screenplay

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

2009 · Director, Writer, Producer

Paulista

Paulista

2009 · Writer

CODA

CODA

2008 · Thanks

O Bolo de Morango

O Bolo de Morango

2006 · Producer, Writer

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

2006 · Screenplay

Making of Durval Discos

Making of Durval Discos

2003 · Self, Writer, Director

Desmundo

Desmundo

2002 · Writer

Durval Discos

Durval Discos

2002 · Director, Writer

Castle Ra-Tim-Bum: The Movie

Castle Ra-Tim-Bum: The Movie

1999 · Writer

O Menino, a Favela e as Tampas de Panela

O Menino, a Favela e as Tampas de Panela

1996 · Writer

Babies Origins According to Kiki Cavalcanti

Babies Origins According to Kiki Cavalcanti

1995 · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer

Zona Eleitoral

Zona Eleitoral

1990 · Producer, Editor, Writer, Director

Rock Paulista

Rock Paulista

1988 · Director, Writer

Mais Luz

Mais Luz

1986

Paixão XX

Paixão XX

1984 · Director, Screenplay

Geni and the Zeppelin

Geni and the Zeppelin

· Director, Writer

The Quarters: Jerusalem

The Quarters: Jerusalem

· Director

TV shows (3)