Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo Rio de Janeiro February 13 1946 is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer A representative of the Brazilian cinema marginal he began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr in 1965 In 1967 Bressane debuted as director with Face to Face being selected for the Festival of Brasilia In 1970 he founded Belair Movies in company with fellow filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla They chose a model of making films and lowcost production and thereby managed to run six feature films in just six months He came into exile in London in the early 1970s but returned to Brazil several years later and made one film after another using slapstick and debauchery as its main features An acclaimed film of this period was the provocative Tabu released in 1982 Critics consider Bressane the most scholarly of the Brazilian film directors and his work is notable for the diversity of its narrative language Another feature of his filmography is the comprehensive approach to historical and literary characters He is also noted by his lowbudget shorttime shootings with an average of 11 to 14 days to make and edit a film Description above from the Wikipedia article Júlio Bressane licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia