Maurício Sherman was born on January 31, 1931 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as Maurício Shermann Nizembaum. He was a director and actor, known for Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão (1972), Copa 78 - O Poder do Futebol (1979) and Zorra Total (1999). He died on October 17, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.