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Geraldo Sarno

Geraldo Sarno

Director & actor · born 6 March 1938 · Poções, Bahia, Brazil

Geraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director.

Born in Poções, after studying law at the Universidad del Salvador Sarno moved to São Paulo where he became an assistant of Thomaz Farkas. He made his directorial debut in 1965 with the Farkas-produced Viramundo, about the internal migration in north-east Brazil, which was one of the major themes in his documentary career.

Where to start: Sertânia (2020).

As director 33

As actor 3

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