Domingos José Soares de Oliveira (28 September 1936 – 23 March 2019) was a Brazilian film, stage and television director, playwright, screenwriter and actor.

[1] He made his debut as playwright in 1966 with the critically acclaimed drama Somos todos do jardim de infância, starring his wife of the time Leila Diniz.

[1] After working on television, in 1966 de Oliveira made his film debut with an adaptation of one of his plays, Todas as mulheres do mundo, which won numerous awards including twelve prizes at the Festival de Brasília.

[2] His 2008 film Juventude won four awards at the Festival de Gramado including best director.

[4] Suffering from Parkinson's disease for about twenty years, de Oliveira died on 28 December 2019, at the age of 82.