Jesus Chediak

Jesus Chediak (10 August 1941 – 8 May 2020) was a Brazilian actor, film director, film producer, journalist, and theatre director.

During his cinematic career, Chediak was responsible for six feature films, working at various functions such as, actor, director, producer and writer.

Aside from his career in cinema, he also worked as a professor at Federal University of Bahia.

In 2017, he was appointed Casa França-Brasil's new director.

At the time of his death, Chediak held the post of Cultural manager of the Associação Brasileira de Imprensa.

Chediak was married to journalist Glória Chediak. The couple had four kids.

He had two brothers, Braz Chediak who is also an actor, screenwriter and filmmaker and Almir Chediak who was a record producer.

On 8 May 2020, Chediak died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro at the age 78.