Tata Amaral (born 1960, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian director, writer, producer and actress.
Under the military dictatorship (a time that saw a rise to censorship of the arts), she participated in rallies orchestrated by the leftist, student movement.
Tata received help from Brazilian state programs that financed films throughout the 1980s.
She became associated with other directors of the 1990s known for restoring Brazilian cinema to a level of commercial and critical success.
Several themes that are recurring in her films include the Brazilian dictatorship, poverty in the favelas, women's role in society and the contemporary urban culture of Brazil.
Embodying Citizenship in Brazilian Women's Film, Video, and Literature, 1971 To 1988.