Amorim (born in 1966) is a Brazilian producer and director. He was born in Vienna to a diplomat father and spent his childhood in Brazil, Europe and the USA. In 1984, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began to study economics, three years later transferring to film school. At the time, he started to work in film and directed his first TV series. From 1988 to 2000, he worked as an assistant director on many films and also directed many commercials and music videos. After a few short films, he co-directed the feature documentary
2000 Nordestes (2000) with David França Mendes. Afterwards he made his feature film debut
The Middle of the World (O Caminho das Nuvens, 2003) and then the internationally produced
Good (2008).