Adélia Sampaio (born 1944) is a Brazilian filmmaker, the first black woman to direct a film in Brazil, the 1984 feature Amor Maldito (Cursed Love).
She also started to work in the production of films, in various functions, such as continuist, makeup artist, camera operator, editor and producer.
In 1984 she released her first feature, Amor Maldito, based on the real-life case of a trial of a lesbian woman accused of killing her partner, of which she was also a screenwriter (with José Louzeiro) and producer.
[1][4] In 1987 she directed the documentary Fugindo do Passado: Um Drink para Tetéia e História Banal, about the Brazilian military dictatorship.
In 2018 she directed O mundo de dentro, shown at the São Paulo International Short Film Festival.