Toni Venturi

Director, Producer, Writer

November 21, 1955 — May 18, 2024 (68 years)
Antônio Venturi Neto, better known as Toni Venturi, was a Brazilian film director. Graduated in photographic arts from the University of Ryerson, in Canada, and in cinema from the University of São Paulo (USP), Toni Venturi was president of the São Paulo Filmmakers Association (Apaci) in 2001. He directed the fiction features "Latitude Zero", by 2002, "Cabra-Cega", 2005, "Estamos Juntos", 2011, and "A Comédia Divina", 2017. He also directed the documentaries "O Velho – A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes" and "Rita Cadillac – A Lady do Povo”. He died in 2024, aged 68.

Known For

  • We're Together
    We're Together2011
  • Playing in the Dark
    Playing in the Dark2004
  • Latitude Zero
    Latitude Zero2001
  • The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
    The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes1997
  • The Divine Comedy
    The Divine Comedy2017
  • Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
    Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People2007
  • In My Skin
    In My Skin2020
  • Vocacional, Uma Aventura Humana
    Vocacional, Uma Aventura Humana2011
  • Dia de Festa
    Dia de Festa2006