Draft:Olney São Paulo

Olney Alberto São Paulo  (Riachão do Jacuípe, August 7th 1936 — Rio de Janeiro, February 15th de 1978) was a brazilian filmmaker, belonging to the cinema novo tradition. Married with the also filmmaker Maria Augusta, was the father of actors Ilya and Irving, the poet and musician Olney São Paulo Junior and Maria Pilar.

The son of Joel São Paulo and Rosália Oliveira São Paulo, Olney started his studies in his home city of Riachão do Jacuípe.