Laís Bodanzky

Laís Bodanzky (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for Brainstorm, a film about the situation in mental institutions in Brazil.^[1]

Laís Bodanzky
Born	(1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 55) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Film director

Over 15 years, she has coordinated the educational Tela Brasil social projects, showing movies in low-income areas of Brazil, fostering the Brazilian film industry and bringing over one million people to movie theaters, most for the first time in their lives.^[2]

Filmography

Key

†

Indicates a documentary

‡

Indicates a short film

List of films directed by Laís Bodanzky

Year	Original title	English release title	Language(s)	Notes
1994	Cartão Vermelho ‡		Portuguese
1999	Cine Mambembe: O Cinema Descobre o Brasil †		Portuguese	Co-directed with Luiz Bolognesi.
2000	Bicho de Sete Cabeças	Brainstorm	Portuguese
2002	A Guerra dos Paulistas †		Portuguese	Co-directed with Luiz Bolognesi. TV documentary.
2007	Chega de Saudade	The Ballroom	Portuguese
2010	As Melhores Coisas do Mundo	The Best Things in the World	Portuguese
2012	O Ser Transparente ‡		Portuguese	Segment of Mundo Invisível (2012).
2012	Uma Nota Só ‡		Portuguese
2013	Mulheres Olímpicas †		Portuguese	TV documentary.
2014	Educação.doc †		Portuguese	TV documentary miniseries. 5 episodes.
2014	Psi		Portuguese	TV series. 2 episodes.
2017	Como Nossos Pais	Just Like Our Parents	Portuguese
2021	A Viagem de Pedro		Portuguese