Walter Salles was born in 1956, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Director of documentaries and films of fiction, Salles' work revolves around the themes of traveling and the search for identity. Some of his most celebrated works are Foreign Land (1995), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), On the Road (2012).
Walter Salles will be present in LEFFEST, for the exhibition of the films Central Station, Diários de Che Guevara and Jia Zhang-ke.