Miguel Faria Jr. (born 28 September 1944) is a Brazilian

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 ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 13 films between 1969 and 2005.

Selected filmography

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'' (1970) * ''

A Samba for Sherlock ''O Xangô de Baker Street'' (English title: ''A Samba for Sherlock'') is 2001 Brazilian-Portuguese film directed by Miguel Faria, Jr., based on the novel of the same name by Jô Soares. The film was first announced in 1996, but filming only sta ...

'' (2001)

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* 1944 births Living people Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-film-director-stub