Melanie Dimantas
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- Não Quero Falar Sobre Isso Agora (1991)
- Carlota Joaquina: Princesa do Brasil (1995)
- O Outro Lado da Rua (2004)
- Olhos Azuis (2009)
- Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (2012)
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 Melanie Dimantas | |
| Born | April 22, 1958 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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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]
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].
