RIP Luiz Antônio Piá

 

Luiz Antônio Piá, director of 'Chiquititas', 'Carrossel' and 'Você Decide' dies

With a career that began in the 1970s, Piá had stints at the main broadcasters in the country, working at Globo, SBT, Record and Band

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By Beatriz Bourroul

9/13/2023

 

The director of soap operas Luiz Antônio Piá, stage name of Luiz Antônio Tupinambá Teixeira Braga, died at the age of 81 on Tuesday (12), in São Paulo. With works in SBT, Band, Record and Globo, he has accumulated more than 40 productions, with the novelas Carrossel (2012), Chiquititas (2013) and Cúmplices de um Resgate (2015) being his most recent works.

The director's family confirmed the death. The wake of Piá takes place from 10am, on Wednesday (13), in Santana de Parnaíba, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. He had had surgery on his femur three months ago and had sepsis due to a healing infection.

"My father was always a very kind, talented and beloved man, and unfortunately he passed away, for those who want to say goodbye, the funeral takes place in Santana de Parnaíba, near the cemetery," said Malu Braga, daughter of the director.

LUIZ ANTÔNIO PIÁ'S CAREER

As a director, Luiz Antônio Piá debuted on TV Globo, commanding the series Police Duty, between 1979 and 1981. At the station, he also directed the miniseries Lampião and Maria Bonita (1982) and Bandidos da Falange (1983) and the novels Eu Prometo (1983) and Partido Alto (1984).

In the 1990s, he directed and was a screenwriter of some episodes of the interactive program Você Decide, on TV Globo, a station in which he also directed Quarta Nobre in the 1980s.

At Record TV, where he was responsible for directing the soap opera Estrela de Fogo (1998) and the miniseries O Desafio de Elias (1997) and Do Fundo do Coração (1998). At Band, he was director of the soap operas Água na Boca (2008) and Dance Dance Dance (2007)

PIA, Luiz Antônio (Luiz Antônio Tupinamba Teixeira Braga)

Born: 12/9/1941, Samta de Parnaiba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Died: 9/12/2023, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Luiz Antônio Piá’s western – director:

Bloody Destiny - 1982