Jayme Monjardim Matarazzo (
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
,
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, May 19, 1956) is a Brazilian
TV and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
. He is the only child of André Matarazzo Filho and
Maysa Matarazzo
Maysa Figueira Monjardim (June 6, 1936 – January 22, 1977), better known as Maysa Matarazzo, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, performer and actress. She is also associated with Bossa nova music but is widely known as a torch song (''fossa' ...
.
He is the former husband of actress
Ingra Liberato
Ingra de Souza Liberato (born September 21, 1966) is a Brazilian actress. From 2016 she began to sing as Ingra Lyberato.
Career
Ingra de Souza Liberato was born in Salvador, Bahia, the daughter of filmmakers. She had her debut in cinema at ...
, divorced without issue. He has also been married to Fernanda Lauer, with whom he had two children (Maria Fernanda Matarazzo and
Jayme Matarazzo Filho). With actress
Daniela Escobar
Daniela Escobar Duncan (born 16 January 1969) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and voice actress.
Biography
Escobar was born in São Borja, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil At the age of ten, she moved with her family ...
, whom he married in 1995 and divorced in 2003, he had a son named André Matarazzo (born in 1998). On March 10, 2007, Jayme Monjardim married singer
Tânia Mara. In September 2010, Mara gave birth to their first child, a daughter, named after Monjardim's famous mother, Maysa.
His works as TV director include the
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
s
''Pantanal'',
''Terra Nostra'', ''
O Clone
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'',
''América'' and ''
Viver a Vida
''Viver a Vida'' (literally: Living Life, English title: ''Seize the Day'') is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Globo from September 14, 2009 to May 14, 2010. It is written by Manoel Carlos in collaboration with Ângela Chaves, Cláudia Lage, ...
''. He also directed the film
''Olga''.
References
External links
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Article from ''Marie Claire'' magazine (in Portuguese)Profile at ''Meu Cinema Brasileiro'' website (in Portuguese)
Brazilian film directors
Brazilian people of Italian descent
1956 births
Living people
People from São Paulo
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