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Walter Lima Jr.

Film director, Screenwriter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ4017957 ↗
Source-derived summary

Walter Lima Jr. (born 26 November 1938) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1965. His 1969 film Brazil Year 2000 was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear.

Selected filmography

Black God, White Devil (1964 – writer)

Brazil Year 2000 (1969)

The Lyre of Delight (1978)

Inocencia (1983)

The Oyster and the Wind (1997)

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Walter Lima Jr.” as film director, Screenwriter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1938, 1965, 1969, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1938-11-26. The account is most persuasive where Walter, Lima and Film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as film director, Screenwriter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4017957. VIAF identifies the subject as 289919977. The Library of Congress control number is no2004031608. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1938, 1965, 1969 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Walter Lima Jr.” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.