- He was also one of the highly respected journalists in Brazil.
- He turned to journalism in the 1990s after the lack of investment on culture and film that took place in the early 1990s. Only would return to direct a movie in 2012 after almost 30 years of his last picture.
- Initially associated with the Cinema Novo movement with his first fiction feature Pindorama (1970), Jabor went on directing nine films between 1965 and 1990.
- He was of Lebanese descent and identified as an atheist.
- He was a Brazilian film director and producer, screenwriter, writer, journalist and political pundit for Brazilian television network Rede Globo.
- His 1973 film All Nudity Shall Be Punished won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
- In the 1980s, Jabor reached critical and commercial success with his erotically-charged psychological romantic dramas Eu Te Amo (1981) and Love Me Forever or Never (1986), with the latter gathering a Palm d'Or nomination at the 39th Cannes Film Festival.
- At the end of his filmmaking career, he considered his satirical comedy Tudo Bem (1978) as his best film.
- A text written by Arnaldo Jabor was the inspiration for the lyrics of the song Amor e Sexo (Love and Sex) in the voice of Rita Lee.
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