Silvio Tendler

Silvio Tendler
Tendler in 2013
Born1950 (1950)
Died (aged 75)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1975–2025

Silvio Tendler (1950 – September 5, 2025) was a Brazilian filmmaker. With more than 40 films released by 2014, including feature and short films, Tendler was one of the most respected Brazilian documentarists. Due to his focus on people like Juscelino Kubitschek, João Goulart, and Carlos Marighella, he was known as "the filmmaker of the defeated" or "the filmmaker of interrupted dreams".