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name: "Marcos Bernstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcos-bernstein"
fi1m_id: "marcos-bernstein"
imdb_id: "nm0077094"
tmdb_id: 10030
wikidata_id: "Q1894024"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:20:20.564720+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Marcos Bernstein

## Identity

Marcos Bernstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcos-bernstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcos-bernstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0077094
- **TMDB ID:** 10030
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1894024
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1894024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10030

Writer. Born 17 February 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 February 1970, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1894024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10030

## Biography

Marcos Bernstein is a Brazilian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rio de Janeiro on 17 February 1970, he studied law before entering cinema. He began working with director Walter Salles as co-writer on *Foreign Land* (1996).

Bernstein co-wrote the screenplay for *Central Station* (1998) with João Emanuel Carneiro. The film, directed by Salles, won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. His other screenplay credits include *Zuzu Angel* (2006), *Chico Xavier* (2010), *We're So Young* (2013) and *Brazilian Western* (2013). As a director, his features include *The Other Side of the Street* (2004) and *My Sweet Orange Tree* (2012). He has also written for Brazilian television series.

*Sources: imdb.com, pt.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Central Station* (1998), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/central-station.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Barbaric Acts* (2023), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Suspension Points* (2022), Screenplay, Producer, Director
- *Pride and Passion* (2018), series, Writer, Creator
- *Little Secret* (2016), Writer
- *Beatriz* (2015), Screenplay
- *Arpoador, Praia and Democracy* (2015), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Barefoot on Red Soil* (2014), series, Writer
- *Beyond the Horizon* (2013), series, Writer, Creator
- *Brazilian Western* (2013), Screenplay
- *We're So Young* (2013), Writer
- *My Sweet Orange Tree* (2012), Director, Writer
- *3 Champions* (2011), Writer, Producer, Director
- *The Life We Lead* (2011), series, Writer
- *Chico Xavier* (2011), series, Creator
- *Miracle Hands* (2010), series, Writer, Creator
- *Chico Xavier* (2010), Writer
- *Meteoro* (2007), Writer
- *Inesquecível* (2007), Writer
- *Zuzu Angel* (2006), Writer
- *The Other Side of the Street* (2004), Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Xango from Baker Street* (2001), Writer
- *Bufo & Spallanzani* (2001), Script Consultant
- *Favorite Son* (2001), Writer
- *Oriundi* (2000), Writer
- *Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds* (1998), Screenplay
- *Central Station* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/central-station.md)
- *Foreign Land* (1996), Assistant Director, Writer
- *Visão do Paraíso* (1995), Screenplay, Producer
- *João & Antônio* (1992), Research Assistant

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