Guilherme de Almeida Prado

Born

1954-11-06

Birthplace

Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Guilherme de Almeida Prado (Ribeirão Preto, November 6, 1954) is a Brazilian film director. He got his start as an assistant director in pornochanchada films in the so-called Boca do Lixo in São Paulo. From his second film onwards, Almeida Prado begun to make movies inspired by the atmosphere of 40s and 50s cinema, especially Hollywood film noir and Mexican melodrama.