Lima Barreto (director)

Lima Barreto (23 June 1906 – 23 November 1982) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1940 and 1961. His film O Cangaceiro was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, where it was "much liked for its original and truly national flavour."

Filmography

 * Fazenda Velha (1940)
 * Painel (1951)
 * Santuário (1952)
 * O Cangaceiro (1953)
 * São Paulo em Festa (1954)
 * A Primeira Missa (1961)