Adélia Sampaio
Production · Associate Producer · Production Director · Director
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Active 1974–present
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.
Filmography
O Monstro de Santa Tereza (1975) — Production DirectorEle, Ela, Quem? (1980) — Associate Producer · Production DirectorA Cartomante (1975) — Production DirectorO Segredo da Rosa (1974) — Production Director · ScreenplayParceiros da Aventura (1979) — ProducerO Seminarista (1977) — Production ManagerO Ibraim do Subúrbio (1977) — Production AssistantDenúncia Vazia (1979) — Director · WriterAdulto Não Brinca (1980) — Director · WriterAI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu (2001) — Director · Writer · Art DirectionO Mundo de Dentro (2018) — Director · ScreenplayCursed Love (1984) — Director · Screenstory · ProducerScliar: A Persistência da Paisagem (1991) — DirectorPioneiras do Cinema (2026)Fugindo do Passado (1987) — Director · Producer... AGORA UM DEUS DANÇA EM MIM (1981) — Director · ScreenplayNa poeira das ruas (1982) — Director · ScreenplayOlhar dos anos 60 (2024) — Director · Script