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