TIZUKA YAMASAKI

Tizuka Yamasaki
Tizuka Yamasaki
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: May 12, 1949
Place of Birth: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Biography

Tizuka Yamasaki (born May 12, 1949) is a Brazilian film director. Daughter of Japanese immigrants, Yamasaki was one of the first women filmmakers in Brazil to achieve a successful and longstanding career. She and her peers learned filmmaking by working on the sets of well-established Cinema Novo directors such as Glauber Rocha and Nelson Pereira dos Santos.

Filmography

Starring

2023·
Xuxa, O Documentário
Self
2022·
Lobby do Batom
Self (archive footage)
2020·
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
1987·
No Tempo de Glauber

Production

2017·
1817: A Revolução Esquecida
Director
2017·
Encantados
Director
2015·
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Director
2014·
Tomie
Director
2012·
As Brasileiras
Director
2010·
Aparecida - O Milagre
Director
2009·
Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess
Director
2005·
Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Producer, Screenplay, Director
2000·
Xuxa Popstar
Director
1999·
Xuxa Requebra
Director
1998·
Fica Comigo
Director
1997·
O Noviço Rebelde
Director
1991·
Amazônia
Director
1990·
Crystal Moon
Director
1989·
Kananga do Japão
Director
1988·
O Pagador de Promessas
Director
1985·
Patriamada
Director
1984·
Bete Balanço
Executive Producer
1983·
Parahyba Mulher Macho
Screenplay, Director
1981·
Cinema: Embaixador do Brasil
Director
1980·
Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Writer, Director
1980·
The Age of the Earth
Production Director
1977·
Tent of Miracles
Set Designer