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Brother of João Moreira Salles, Pedro Moreira Salles (b. 1959) and half-brother of Fernando Moreira Salles (b. 1946) from his father first marriage to Hélène Marie Blanche Tourtois. Speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English and French fluently. Uses a Macintosh laptop. Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000. After studying economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Rio de Janeiro, he went to the University of California, where he graduated with a degree in audiovisual communication. One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008. As a big fan of car racing, his idol is the former Indy and Formula 1 champion, Emerson Fittipaldi. Protested against the arrest of Jafar Panahi, detained on 1 March 2010. "Jafar Panahi is a uniquely sensitive artist. As a Brazilian filmmaker, I came to admire and to learn from the memorable films that he has directed, such as 'The White Balloon' and 'The Circle'. The fact that such an important artist cannot express himself freely and is now under arrest in his own country is not only an act of violence against Jafar Panahi and his family, but also against all who admire his work and support freedom of expression throughout the world".