Amácio Mazzaropi(1912-1981)

One of the most known and loved film artists in Brazil. He was an actor, director and producer who worked in, at least, 32 movie projects in within 1950 and early 1980's, when he passed away. Despite the fact that his movies were never well accepted by the film critics, his movies always sold out tickets to movie theaters. We can measure his importance through the way he has, until today, influenced filmmakers in Brazil. A museum in his tribute was created in Taubate (Sao Paulo) at the place where it used to be the studio that he built to film his movies. Some in Brazil labeled him as one of the "Fathers" of Brazilian cinema.