# Viviane Ferreira

_Brazilian lawyer, activist and filmmaker_

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Last updated: 2026-11-05

> Viviane Ferreira is a Brazilian director, screenwriter and producer. She is also a lawyer and an activist of the Black movement and founder of Odun Filmes. She is also president and co-founder of the Brazilian Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals (APAN).
Her film O Dia de Jerusa (2014), starring Léa Garcia, was shown at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. The short was transformed into the feature A Day With Jerusa (2020) and with it Viviane became only the second black woman to direct a fiction feature film in Brazil, the first being Adélia Sampaio.

## Quick facts

- **Place of birth:** Lauro de Freitas ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Brazil ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090#P27))
- **Occupation:** lawyer; film director; activist; screenwriter ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090#P106))
- **Education:** Paulista University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090#P69))
- **Positions held:** president (since 2025); president (2021–2024) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090#P39))

## Questions

**What positions has Viviane Ferreira held?**  
Positions held by Viviane Ferreira include: president (since 2025); president (2021–2024).

**Where did Viviane Ferreira study?**  
Viviane Ferreira was educated at Paulista University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Viviane Ferreira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viviane_Ferreira) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q97163090](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97163090) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Viviane Ferreira.png by Anakeykapaz (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viviane_Ferreira.png)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Viviane Ferreira". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/viviane-ferreira. Retrieved 15 November 2026.