Jayme Monjardim Matarazzo (

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, May 19, 1956) is a Brazilian TV and

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. 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

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, 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

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s ''Pantanal'', ''Terra Nostra'', ''

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'', ''América'' and ''

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''. He also directed the film ''Olga''.

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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 {{Brazil-film-director-stub