阿卢希欧·阿巴瑞奇，Aluzio Abranches was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He graduated in Film Making at the London Film School, in 1984. His first feature-film, "A Glass of Rage" was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1999. In 2002 he came back with his second feature-film, "The Three Marias", which was also premiered in Berlin.