Tata Amaral works with film and video since 1983. She began her film career as a production assistant, director and executive producer in several videos and short films. Worked with institutional videos and commercials for over ten years. Directed many videos, five short films and two feature films, receiving almost 40 awards in national and international festivals. In 1986, founded, in association with Francisco Cesar Filho, the Anhangabaú Produções company. She is a guest teacher at the Film Direction course at the Célia Helena Theatre School. Currently, she is writing her next feature film, "Antônia", and preparing workshops and a documentary, "De Perus a Capão Redondo” (From Perus to Capão Redondo).