Walter Hugo Khouri (São Paulo, 21 October 1929 – São Paulo, 27 June 2003) was a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and producer of Lebanese and Italian descent.
Khouri made 25 feature films and won several national and international awards. His 1964 film Empty Night is considered one of the best Brazilian films of all time and was entered for the Palm d'Or in the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
His films show characters, mostly male, who seek meaning for a distressing existence. He was also known for welcoming and introducing young professionals, being the first director to cast the presenter Xuxa Meneghel in the controversial 1982 film Love Strange Love.
Filmography
2001 – The Beasts (filmed in 1998)
1999 – Lost Passion
1991 – Forever
1987 – Monica and the Mermaid of Rio
1986 – I
1984 – Voracious Love
1982 – Love Strange Love
1981 – Eros, the God of Love
1980 – Invitation to Pleasure
1979 – The Sex Prisoner
1978 – The Daughters of Fire
1977 – Passion and Shadows
1975 – The Desire
1974 – The Angel of the Night
1973 – The Last Rapture
1972 – The Goddesses
1970 – The Palace of Angels
1970 – Pindorama (produced)
1968 – The Amorous Ones
1967 – Burning Body
1966 – The Cariocas
1964 – Men and Women
1962 – The Island
1959 – In the Throat of the Devil
1959 – Borders of Hell
1958 – Strange Encounter
1953 – The Stone Giant
