Famous People with Name Rocha

Christiano "Tuka" Rocha            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Christiano "Tuka" Rocha: is a Brazilian race car driver.He won numerous karting championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. Then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002 he moved to Europe to compete in the World Series by Nissan where he was Ricardo Zonta's teammate. In 2004 he competed in Superfund Euro 3000. In 2005 he was a test driver for A1 Team Brazil in the A1 Grand Prix Series and was named one of the team's race drivers for the 2006-2007 season. In 2008 Tuka was chosen to drive the Flamengo's car in Formula Superleague.[1]

Luiz Duarte Da Rocha            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Luiz Duarte Da Rocha: is an award winning author. Luiz Duarte is also a screenwriter and audiovisual director and has produced documentaries. As a singer and songwriter, he was one of the creators of the Movimento do Disco Independente (Independent Records Movement) in 1979. Luiz Duarte recorded two albums, and after 1984 he interrupted his musical career for 20 years, returning to it with the show “Caetaneando”. As author he won in 1988 the Jabuti Award with his book “Irmão Grimm, Irmão Grimm”.

Paulo Mendes Da Rocha            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Paulo Mendes Da Rocha: is a Brazilian architect, honored with the Mies van der Rohe Prize (2000) and the Pritzker Prize (2006). Paulo attended the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie College of Architecture, graduating in 1954.[1] Working almost exclusively in Brazil, Mendes da Rocha has been producing buildings since 1957, many of them built in concrete, a method some call "Brazilian Brutalism" arguably allowing buildings to be constructed cheaply and quickly. He has contributed many notable cultural buildings to São Paulo, Brazil and is widely credited as enhancing and revitalizing the city.

Glauber De Andrade Rocha            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Glauber De Andrade Rocha: was an influential Brazilian film director, actor and writer, best known for his movie Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (aka Black God, White Devil) from 1964.He is notorious for his film trilogy, made up of Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) - perhaps his most acclaimed movie, nominated for the Golden Palm -, Terra em Transe (1967) and O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro (1969), award-winning for Best Director at Cannes. His films were renowned for their strongly-expressed political themes, often combined with mysticism and folklore, but also for their particular style and photography. Rocha is regarded as the one of the best Brazilian directors of all time and leader of the Cinema Novo movement, as well as a full-time polemicist. He once said "I am the Cinema Novo",[1] paraphrasing Louis XIV's famous quote.

Marília Rocha            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marília Rocha: is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work has focused in the potentialities of documentary film. Her works have been included in the festivals and special screenings of MoMA – Museum of Modern Art (USA), It’s All True (Brazil), Rotterdam IFF (Netherlands), Bafici (Argentina), Guadalajara IFF (Mexico), Doclisboa (Portugal), among others. Since 2003 she is a member of Teia, along with Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr., Leonardo Barcelos, Pablo Lobato and Sérgio Borges. The group founded a center for audiovisual production and research where they work collaboratively, combining the individual production with projects that involve the whole team and invited professionals.