Luis Sérgio Person
film director
Luis Sérgio Person (12 February 1936 – 7 January 1976) was a Brazilian actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
Person was born in São Paulo and is best known for his 1967 film, Case of the Naves Brothers, which was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2007, his daughter Marina Person released the documentary Person about his life.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6701149. VIAF identifies the subject as 36020565. The Library of Congress control number is n88252480. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 1976, 1967 and 2007.
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