# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcelo-rubens-paiva
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:14:15.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcelo-rubens-paiva"
name: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
slug: "marcelo-rubens-paiva"
description: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva is a Brazilian novelist, playwright, screenwriter and journalist born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the son of Rubens Paiva, who was murdered during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971. The impact of his father's disappearance on his family's life, especially on his mother, Eunice Paiva, is portrayed in his 2015 autobiography Ainda estou aqui, which served as the basis for the Oscar-winning 2024 film I'm Still Here."
tagline: "Brazilian writer, playwright and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva-68457.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0.9712762807225348
  historical:           9.46676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marcelorubens"
    handle:    "marcelorubens"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marcelorubenspaiva/"
    handle:    "marcelorubenspaiva"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656978/"
    handle:    "nm0656978"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "مارسيلو روبينس پايڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%C3%A8ll_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcèll Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rubens_Paiva"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2700188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076192"
    title: "Marcelo Rubens Paiva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump