Adélia Sampaio
Adélia Sampaio is a Brazilian filmmaker, the first black woman to direct a film in Brazil, the 1984 feature Amor Maldito. Sampaio was born in 1944 in Belo Horizonte; her mother was a domestic worker. Sampaio's interest in film was encouraged by her sister Eliana, after watching Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (Eliana later became her producer). In 1969 went to work as a telephone operator...
Adélia Sampaio is a Brazilian filmmaker, the first black woman to direct a film in Brazil, the 1984 feature Amor Maldito. Sampaio was born in 1944 in Belo Horizonte; her mother was a domestic worker. Sampaio's interest in film was encouraged by her sister Eliana, after watching Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (Eliana later became her producer). In 1969 went to work as a telephone operator...
Known For
Crew Credits
Olhar dos anos 60
Director
O Mundo de Dentro
Director
Fugindo do Passado
Director
Cursed Love
Director
Adulto Não Brinca
Director
Ele, Ela, Quem?
Associate Producer
Denúncia Vazia
Director
Parceiros da Aventura
Producer
O Ibraim do Subúrbio
Production Assistant
O Seminarista
Production Manager
O Monstro de Santa Tereza
Production Director
A Cartomante
Production Director
O Segredo da Rosa
Production Director