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 master's degree in social anthropology from the rio de JANEIRO federal university. His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of the filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn, who became a screenwriter in the following films: Twin room (1999), adapted from Nelson Rodrigues, the award-winning Me you them (2000), a film that took part in the "A Certain Look" and the show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters for the Purposes of, at the Sundance Film Festival.