Nationality Brazilian Name Sandra Kogut Years active 1984-present Role Filmmaker | Notable work Mutum Spouse Thomas Levin Children 2 children | |
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Born 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Occupation DocumentarianFilmmakerVideo artist Known for Paralamas do SucessoCampo Grande Movies Mutum, Campo Grande, La E Ca Siblings Patricia Kogut, Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa Similar People Patricia Kogut, Flavio R Tambellini, Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Regina Case, Romulo Braga | ||
Parents Jose Kogut, Dorothy Kogut |
Videobrasil 30 anos sandra kogut
Sandra Kogut is a filmmaker born 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose works transition between documentary and narrative fiction. She first received international notice for her 1991 documentary Paralamas do Sucesso. Kogut has taught at renowned universities around the world and has worked for Brazilian and European broadcasters. Her debut feature film project was the multi award winning Mutum in 2007. She is more recently known for Campo Grande (2015), which is slated to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
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- Videobrasil 30 anos sandra kogut
- Entrevista com sandra kogut
- Background
- Filmography
- Recognition
- Awards and nominations
- References

Entrevista com sandra kogut
Background

Kogut is of Hungarian descent and was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965. She spent more than ten years living in France, and as of 2009 was residing in the United States. She graduated in philosophy from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and began her career as a performance and installation artist in 1984. Among other venues, Her works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Her grandparents migrated to Brazil from Hungary to avoid The Holocaust, and it was their experiences which inspired her film A Hungarian Passport.
Filmography
Recognition
While Kogut was residing in Paris, France, Harvard Film Archive wrote of her works being archived by their Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and stated that she "has emerged as one of the most distinctive cultural filmmakers at work today. Her films are by turns whimsical, lyrical, and finely ironic—lighthearted and playful, yet also momentous and serious."