Olavo de Carvalho
Biography
Olavo de Carvalho (April 29, 1947 – January 24, 2022) was a Brazilian autodidact philosopher, journalist, and prolific author whose work profoundly impacted Brazil's intellectual landscape. He published over forty books, including notable titles such as A Nova Era e a Revolução Cultural (1994), O Jardim das Aflições (1995), O Imbecil Coletivo (1996), and O Mínimo que Você Precisa Saber para Não Ser um Idiota (2013), which became best-sellers. In 2009, he launched an influential online philosophy course with live lectures spanning epistemology, metaphysics, political science, and cultural critique—engaging over 80,000 students worldwide. A translator and commentator of classical and modern works, Olavo enriched Brazilian intellectual discourse through his writings, journalism, and teachings abroad, remaining one of the most prominent conservative thinkers in the Portuguese-speaking world.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Entrevistado
We have learned that Brazil is the result of a Portuguese invasion and that, in our history, there is nothing virtuous, nothing good. What if we said that Brazil was built with a lot of sacrifice, honor and courage? Discover the biggest historical rescue ever produced in our country.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Entrevistado
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Olavo
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Olavo de Carvalho
A philosophical inquiry about the miracle, through the interview with three specialists that seek to understand the specificity of these phenomena.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho's thinking, presented through his presence, his daily work routine and his family life in Virginia (USA).
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Self
How twenty cents began a conservative revolution.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
About the entire smear campaign devised against Olavo de Carvalho. From a visit to 3 central pillars of his personality - his biography, his philosophy and his family -, in a way never seen before: Olavo's life and personality silence all slander against him.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Olavo de Carvalho
Almost one hundred years ago, the project to reduce the world to mathematical physics failed suddenly and completely: “One of the best-kept secrets of science,” physicist Nick Herbert writes, “is that physicists have lost their grip on reality.” The world, we are now told, emerges spontaneously, out of “nothing,” and constitutes a “multiverse,” where “anything that can happen will happen, and it will happen an infinite number of times.” Legendary reclusive genius Wolfgang Smith demonstrates on shockingly obvious grounds the dead end at which physics has arrived, and how we can “return, at last, to the real world.” The End of Quantum Reality introduces this extraordinary man to a contemporary audience which has, perhaps, never encountered a true philos-sophia, one as intimately at ease with the rigors of quantum physics as with the greatest schools of human wisdom.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Himself
We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the Brazilian media. It was all under our eyes.