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

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He directed 13 films between 1969 and 2016.

Selected filmography

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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 Brazilian male screenwriters Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-film-director-stub