Miguel Faria Jr.
Miguel de Faria Jr. ( born September 28, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian film director.
Career
He began as a director in a late phase of Cinema Novo. His film Pecado Mortal ( "Deadly Sin", 1970) was in competition at the International Film Festival of Venice, and República dos Assassinos ( " Republic of the murderers", 1979) at the Film Festival of San Sebastian ( prize at the International Film Festival of Cartagena).
His film Stelinha from 1990 tells the story of a young rock singer who gets to know his idol of teenage years, a singer of Música Popular Brasileira, who lives down now. Faria Jr. for "" Stelinha "" on the most important Brazilian film festival, the Festival de Gramado, awarded in the major categories, including the award for " Best Film" and the audience award.
In the 1990s he worked for the state film institutions, and became increasingly active as a producer, including Tieta do Brasil (1995, with Sônia Braga). In 2001 he returned to directing, with O Xangô de Baker Street, a film adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Jô Soares. In 2005 he made a film about Vinícius de Moraes.