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 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 award-winning 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.
City of Men
(Screenplay)
The House of Sand
(Screenstory)
Me, You, Them
(Writer)
Slightly Out of Tune
(Script)
Twins
(Associate Producer)
Xingu
(Writer)
Camila Jam
(Writer)
Redeemer
(Screenplay)
Twins
(Writer)
Diary of a Provincial Girl
(Writer)
Father’s Chair
(Writer)
Rio, I Love You
(Writer)
Antonia
(Screenplay)
City of Men
(Writer)
Treze Dias Longe do Sol
(Series Writer)
Praia dos Ossos
(Writer)
The Mechanism
(Creator)
Treze Dias Longe do Sol
(Creator)