Valêncio Xavier Niculitcheff (21 March 1933 – 5 December 2008) was a Brazilian writer, screenwriter, film and television director.
He was known by his experimental writing, mixing verbal and visual languages; among them O mez da grippe, a novella set in Curitiba during the 1918 influenza outbreak.
He directed films such as: "O Pão Negro – An Episode of Colônia Cecília" from 1993 and "Os 11 de Curitiba, Todos Nós", among others.
[citation needed] Together with Francisco Alves dos Santos, he created, in 1975, the Cinemateca de Curitiba, linked to the Cultural Foundation.
[citation needed] Valêncio Xavier wrote short stories in newspapers and magazines, such as: Nicolau, Revista USP and Folha de S. Paulo cultural section Mais!.