Director

Adelina Pontual

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1347686

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1989 - 2019

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 7.79

Frequent jobs

Director (5)Writer (3)Continuity (2)

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Biography

Adelina Pontual was born in Recife, graduated in Social Communication from UFPE and in Cinema, with a Specialization in Editing, from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, in San Antonio de Los Baños, in Cuba. She was part of the group Vanretrô, formed during her Communication course in the 80s. In the 90s she was a partner in the production company Parabólica Brasil, together with Cláudio Assis and Marcelo Gomes. She is a director and screenwriter of short films and television programs, and her first work as a feature film director was with the documentary Rio Doce / CDU. She also works as a continuity writer, having performed this role in more than 20 Brazilian feature films.