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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Adélia Sampaio

Overview

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 at Difilm, a Brazilian distributor linked to Cinema Novo. Sampaio began to organize the company's film club, which projected films in 16mm. She also started to work in the production of films, in various functions, such as continuist, makeup artist, camera operator, editor and producer. Her debut as a director was in 1979, with the short film Denúncia Vazia.

In 1984 she released her first feature, Amor Maldito, based on the real-life case of a trial of a lesbian woman accused of killing her partner, of which she was also a screenwriter (with José Louzeiro) and producer. Thus, she became the first black woman to direct a feature film in Brazil. In 1987 she directed the documentary Fugindo do Passado: Um Drink para Tetéia e História Banal, about the Brazilian military dictatorship. In 2018 she directed O mundo de dentro, shown at the São Paulo International Short Film Festival.

Known for

Directing
2018 O Mundo de Dentro Directing Director 59
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2001 AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu Directing Director N/A
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1991 Scliar: A Persistência da Paisagem Directing Director 59
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1987 Fugindo do Passado Directing Director N/A
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1984 Amor Maldito Directing Director 58
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1982 Na poeira das ruas Directing Director N/A
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1981 ... AGORA UM DEUS DANÇA EM MIM Directing Director N/A
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1980 Adulto Não Brinca Directing Director 59
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1979 Denúncia Vazia Directing Director 59
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Writing
2018 O Mundo de Dentro Writing Screenplay 59
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2001 AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu Writing Writer N/A
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1984 Amor Maldito Writing Screenstory 58
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1982 Na poeira das ruas Writing Screenplay N/A
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1981 ... AGORA UM DEUS DANÇA EM MIM Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Adulto Não Brinca Writing Writer 59
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1979 Denúncia Vazia Writing Writer 59
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1974 O Segredo da Rosa Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
1987 Fugindo do Passado Production Producer N/A
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1984 Amor Maldito Production Producer 58
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1980 Ele, Ela, Quem? Production Production Director N/A
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1980 Ele, Ela, Quem? Production Associate Producer N/A
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1979 Parceiros da Aventura Production Producer N/A
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1977 O Seminarista Production Production Manager N/A
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1975 O Monstro de Santa Tereza Production Production Director 59
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1975 A Cartomante Production Production Director N/A
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1974 O Segredo da Rosa Production Production Director 59
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Art
2001 AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu Art Art Direction N/A
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