Elena Soarez

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965 Elena Soárez is one of the most important writers of Brazilian cinema today Elena Soárez holds a degree in economics from PUC with a masters degree in social anthropology from UFRJ His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn who became a screenwriter in the following films Twin 1999 adapted from Nelson Rodrigues the awardwinning Eu tu eles 2000 a film that took part in the A Certain Look show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters Laboratory at the Sundance Film Festival