Sérgio Péo

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Sérgio Péo

Biography

Sérgio Péo was born in Pará in 1947 and at the age of 12 he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he lives. He is an architect / urban planner, filmmaker, poet, visual artist. He studied architecture and urbanism at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and soon started to use cinema to question housing conditions and urban behavior in the city. His films Pira (1972), Na Maré Com Ho Chi Minh (1974), Rocinha Brasil 77, (awarded at the Jornada de Salvador and honorable mention at the Obenhauser Festival, Germany); Associação dos Moradores dos Guararapes (best short film at the Gramado Festival in 1979), and Urban Contradictions (1981) address these issues.

Known For

Director

2009
2009
Rio Uruçumirim

as Director

2005
2000
Olho no Olho

as Director

1996
Rocinha 76/96

as Director

1986
O Muro

as Director

1981
1980
Cinemas Fechados

as Director

1980
A, B, C, Brasil

as Director

1977
Rocinha Brasil 77

as Director

1974
1972
Pira

as Director

Writer

2009
Rio Uruçumirim

as Screenplay

2000
Olho no Olho

as Screenplay

1996
Rocinha 76/96

as Writer

1986
O Muro

as Writer

1978
1974
1972
Pira

as Writer

Producer

2009
Rio Uruçumirim

as Producer

2005
2000
Olho no Olho

as Producer

1981
1977
Rocinha Brasil 77

as Producer

1972
Pira

as Producer

Editor

1972
Pira

as Editor

Actor

1980
A, B, C, Brasil

as Narrator