Melanie Dimantas

Melanie Dimantas (born April 22, 1958) is a Brazilian screenwriter from the city of São Paulo.[1] Dimantas is known for co-authoring the Brazilian movie Carlota Joaquina: Princess of Brazil (1995), with the filmmaker Carla Camurati.[2][3]

Melanie Dimantas during the 11° Tiradentes Film Festival. (Tiradentes, MG - Brazil, 2008)

Career

In the year of 1980, Dimantas graduated in social sciences by the University of São Paulo (USP). At the same time, she graduated as a history and geography teacher, in the same university.

Melanie Dimantas is known for the script of the movie "I Don't Want to Talk About It Now" (1991), written with Maurício Farias and Evandro Mesquita. This movie won the prize of best script in the Gramado Film Festival, the most important festival of cinema in Brazil.[4] Also, she is co-author of the movies "The Other Side of the Street" (2004),[5][6] "My Sweet Orange Tree" (2012) and has collaborated in several episodes of the famous Brazilian TV Show "City of Men" (2002 - 2005).

Besides the work as a screenwriter, Dimantas also teaches Screenwriting in the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), in the course of Social Communication - Cinema.

Personal life

Melanie Dimantas has three children with her ex-husband Mauro Farias: Paulo [b. 1985], Helena [b. 1988] and Raquel [b.1993].

Awards and nominations

Gramado Film Festival

  • 1991 - (Won) Best Screenplay for "I Don't Want Talk About it Now" (1991), shared with Maurício Farias and Evandro Mesquita

ACIE Award, Brazil

  • 2005 - (Won) Best Screenplay for "The Other Side of the Street" (2004), shared with Marcos Bernstein
  • 2009 - (Nominated) Best Screenplay for "Camila Jam" (2007), shared with: Elena Soarez and Murilo Salles
  • 2011 - (Nominated) Best Screenplay for "Blue Eyes" (2009), shared with: Paulo Halm

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • 2005 - (Nominated) Best Original Screenplay for "The Other Side of the Street" (2004), shared with Marcos Bernstein
  • 2007 - (Nominated) Best Adapted Screenplay for "Irma Vap: o retorno" (2006), shared with Adriana Falcão and Carla Camurati
  • 2009 - (Nominated) Best Adapted Screenplay for "Camila Jam" (2007), shared with: Elena Soarez and Murilo Salles
  • 2011 - (Nominated) Best Original Screenplay for "Blue Eyes" (2009), shared with: Paulo Halm
  • 2014 - (Nominated) Best Adapted Screenplay for "My Sweet Orange Tree" (2012), shared with: Marcos Bernstein

Paulínia Film Festival

  • 2011 - (Won) Best Screenplay for "Blue Eyes" (2009), shared with: Paulo Halm

References
  1. "Melanie Dimantas - Autores de Cinema". Autores de Cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  2. Nagib, Lúcia (2002-01-01). O cinema da retomada: depoimentos de 90 cineastas dos anos 90 (in Portuguese). Editora 34. p. 147. ISBN 9788573262544.
  3. Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule (2015-09-29). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. p. 670. ISBN 9781137312372.
  4. "Melanie Dimantas". Filme B. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  5. Chivers, Sally (2011-05-14). The Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema. University of Toronto Press. p. 170. ISBN 9781442661981.
  6. Sloan, Jane (2007-03-26). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781461670827.
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