Flavio Alves

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-11-30 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As Flavio Pimenta Alves

Flavio Alves

Biography

Flavio Pimenta Alves is a writer, screenwriter, and film director resident in America since 1998. His movies consistently feature elderly characters as protagonists. Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and served the Brazilian navy for several years before coming to America in 1997. He was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998 based on political opinion and sexual orientation after he wrote the book, Toque de Silêncio ("Call to Silence", 1997), describing his life as a gay man in the Brazilian navy.

Known For

Director

2020
2014
Tom in America

as Director

2010
The Secret Friend

as Director

2008
Even in My Dreams

as Director

Producer

2020
The Garden Left Behind

as Executive Producer

2013
Only Solomon Lee

as Producer

2012
Art Machine

as Producer

2008
Even in My Dreams

as Producer

Writer

2020
2010
The Secret Friend

as Screenplay

2008