- Born
- Birth nameJosé Paulo Antunes Lanyi
- José Paulo Lanyi is a Brazilian filmmaker, journalist and writer.
He was an executive producer for the 2017 film "Real: The Plan Behind History" (in Portuguese, "Real- O plano por trás da história"), directed by Rodrigo Bittencourt.
Published by the Official Press of the State of São Paulo, his play "Quando dorme o vilarejo" ("When the village sleeps", in free translation), recognized in 2002 by the Brazilian Vladimir Herzog Award for Amnesty and Human Rights coverage, tells the story of a hamlet whose residents become happy when learn that they will be hanged by the community in which they live. Ispired by the surreal movies by Luis Buñuel, the play was staged with the United Nations support at the São Bento Theatre in São Paulo, on December 10, 2008.
In 2020, he published on Amazon his history play "Maquiavel, O Homem por Trás do Mal" ("Machiavelli, The Man Behind Evil").
Lanyi is graduated in journalism from Faculdade Cásper Líbero (São Paulo) in 1993. He worked as a reporter for some of the major São Paulo television and radio networks, among them Globo TV, Rede Bandeirantes, Manchete TV, CBN Radio, Globo Radio, Radiobrás and CNT TV. Also worked in São Paulo as a BBC freelance reporter, collaborated with the Brazilian literary magazine "Cult" and was a foreign correspondent in London (UK).- IMDb Mini Biography By: José Paulo Lanyi's agent
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