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Karim Aïnouz

カリム・アイノズ / かりむ・あいのず

Film director from Brazil

January 17, 1966 (age 60) ・ Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  • Ceará
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • director

My Take

Brazilian cinema gets pegged as sun-soaked and exuberant, but Aïnouz works in a different register entirely. From Fortaleza in the northeast, he's a screenwriter and visual artist as much as a director, and The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão is a suffocatingly tender study of two sisters torn apart by patriarchy. What impresses me is his patience as a builder of feeling, the way color and emotion carry equal weight in his frames. Few filmmakers earn both the director and the artist label honestly. He has, and I've come to admire him quietly and completely.

Overview

Karim Aïnouz (; Portuguese: [kɐˈɾĩ ajˈnus]; born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. He is best known for his film The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Karim Aïnouz
Name (Japanese)
カリム・アイノズ
Reading
かりむ・あいのず
Born
January 17, 1966 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Capricorn / Horse
Origin
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
film director / screenwriter / director / artist

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Private
University
Private

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

CategoryTitleRoleYear
Notable workThe Invisible Life

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • Ceará
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • director
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.