- First worked as a journalist and critic.
- Strongly influenced by the Italian neo-realist movement.
- The first movie-maker ever to be elected to the Brazilian Academy of Literature.
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1986.
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1993.
- Studied film at IDHEC in Paris.
- Along with Glauber Rocha, Carlos Diegues and Walter Salles is one of four Brazilian directors to had three of their movies selected to the Palme D'or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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