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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1946. Started his career as an assistant director in Menino de Engenho (1965), by Walter Lima Jr., and then directed the short films Lima Barreto - Trajetória and Bethânia Bem de Perto - A Propósito de um Show, both in 1966. Made his debut as a feature director in 1967 with Face to Face. In 1969, he founded with Rogério Sganzerla the production company Belair, directing in the same year two classics of “cinema marginal”: The Angel Was Born and Killed His Family and Went to the Movies. The following year, he directed three films: A Família do Barulho, Barão Olavo, o Horrível and Cuidado Madame. He is also the director of films such as Brás Cubas (1985, 9th Mostra), São Jerônimo (1998, 23rd Mostra), Days of Nietzsche in Turin (2001, 25th Mostra), The Herb of the Rat (2008, 32nd Mostra), Sentimental Education (2013, 37th Mostra) and Kid (2015, 39th Mostra).