Fernando Peixoto

Fernando Peixoto remains one of the most searched entertainment personalities associated with Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and modern film culture.

Fernando Amaral dos Guimarães Peixoto (Porto Alegre, May 19, 1937 - São Paulo, January 15, 2012) was a writer, translator, actor and theater director, linked to Teatro Oficina de São Paulo, until 1968. Author of several works linked to Brechtian conceptions, having been a member of the central committee of the Brazilian Communist Party.