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Andrucha Waddington

Andrucha Waddington

Director, producer and writer · Born January 20, 1970 (56) · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cannes award winner · 2 Sundance awards

Andrew Popov Waddington, known as Andrucha Waddington (Rio de Janeiro, January 20, 1970), is a Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 20, 1970 (56)
From
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Andrucha Waddington's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Bonds
19%
Society
16%
Power
11%
Survival
9%
Self
8%
Ideas
2%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Warm
4
Joyful
3
Contemplative
4
Melancholic
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Andrucha Waddington's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Andrucha Waddington's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Marta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director

  • Fuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • Emergency 53 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer

  • Cazuza Além da Música (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

  • Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Vini Jr.(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Vitoria(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Adriana Varejão: Between Flesh and Oceans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Rock In Rio – A História (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • At Home with the Gils(2022)

    Show 11 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Producer

  • Anitta: Made in Honório(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Love and Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • O Juízo(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Vai Anitta(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Chacrinha: O Velho Guerreiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Acabou Chorare Novos Baianos se Encontram (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Under Pressure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 57 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Party Crashers 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Producer

  • Under Pressure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Producer

  • Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Rio, I Love You(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Party Crashers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Lope: The Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Producer

  • Arnaldo Antunes - Ao Vivo Lá em Casa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The House of Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Outros (Doces) Bárbaros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Viva São João! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Bufo & Spallanzani(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Me You Them(2000)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Twins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Producer

  • Paralamas em Close Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Savage Capitalism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Assistant Director

  • João & Antônio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Alguém na Multidão (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • The Brokers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Under Pressure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Untitled Fernanda Montenegro Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles, 38 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Vitoria (2025)

$2.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Vitoria (2025)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing35 of 43: 15 only directing, 20 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thWriting6 of 43: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing25 of 43: 7 only producing, 18 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thOther crew3 of 43: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

43 titles, 20 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 18 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s14 · crew2020s13 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 major awards from 5 major nominations, 2000–2006.

WinNomination
  1. 2006
    • Sundance award, won
    • Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Dramatic
  2. 2004
    • Sundance award, won
  3. 2000
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Andrucha Waddington's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director, producer

Vini Jr. (2025)

99th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

Vitoria (2025)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Andrucha Waddington work with?

People who share at least 2 of Andrucha Waddington's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sérgio Mekler shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles