--- name: "Luiz Bonfá" canonical: "https://film.one/person/luiz-bonfa" fi1m_id: "luiz-bonfa" imdb_id: "nm0006697" tmdb_id: 572166 wikidata_id: "Q932925" roles: ["Composer"] born: "17 October 1922" died: "12 January 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:56:08.900345+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Luiz Bonfá ## Identity Luiz Bonfá - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luiz-bonfa - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** luiz-bonfa - **IMDb ID:** nm0006697 - **TMDB ID:** 572166 - **Wikidata ID:** Q932925 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/572166 Composer. Born 17 October 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died 12 January 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 17 October 1922, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - **Died:** 12 January 2001 - **Also known as:** Luis Bonfa - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/572166 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Black Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Luiz Floriano Bonfá (also credited as Luis Bonfa) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. Born in Rio de Janeiro on 17 October 1922, he died there on 12 January 2001. He studied guitar from the age of eleven and began his professional career in the 1940s, performing on radio and with vocal groups. Bonfá is best known for his contributions to the soundtrack of the film *Black Orpheus* (1959, also known as *Orfeu Negro*), for which he composed pieces including "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeu". He had earlier collaborated with Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes on the stage play *Orfeu da Conceição* that inspired the film. He wrote music for approximately two dozen films, among them *The Gentle Rain* (1966) and *Prisoner of Rio* (1988). As a performer and composer, Bonfá worked in the samba-canção style and was active in the development of bossa nova. He recorded numerous albums as a leader and sideman, and collaborated with musicians including Stan Getz and Toots Thielemans. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Black Orpheus* (1959), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) ## Complete filmography (20) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Orfeu* (1999), Music - *Prisoner of Rio* (1988), Original Music Composer - *Pedro and Pablo* (1973), Music - *River of Mystery* (1971), Original Music Composer - *A Cidade Cresce Para a Barra* (1970), Music - *For a Distant Love* (1968), Original Music Composer - *As Três Mulheres de Casanova* (1968), Music - *The Gentle Rain* (1966), Music - *O Santo Módico* (1964), Music - *The Beggars* (1963), Music - *The Hours of Love* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Tragic Jungle* (1963), Music - *Carnival of Crime* (1962), as Musician · Original Music Composer - *The Unscrupulous Ones* (1962), Music - *As Sete Evas* (1962), Music - *Black Orpheus* (1959), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) - *Nem Sansão Nem Dalila* (1955), Music - *Don't Tell Me Goodbye* (1950), Actor - *That's What I'm Gonna Do* (1948), Actor - *The World is a Tambourine* (1947), Actor ## Gallery - ![Luiz Bonfa (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-55e2ed46fd0b.jpg) Luiz Bonfa (1962) — GuitarAlchemy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/LUIZ_BONFA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![luiz bonfa (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-26a3b682fce0.jpg) luiz bonfa (1963) — GuitarAlchemy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Luiz_bonfa.jpg/1280px-Luiz_bonfa.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Luiz Bonfá (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-81f184788c40.jpg) Luiz Bonfá (1958) — Lewisnavas, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Luiz_Bonfa_PhotoWIKI.jpg/1280px-Luiz_Bonfa_PhotoWIKI.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Luiz Bonfa at Schiphol Airport (the Netherlands), 16 October 1962](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-44effb858622.jpg) Luiz Bonfa at Schiphol Airport (the Netherlands), 16 October 1962 — Harry Pot, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/LuizBonfa1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Luiz Bonfa Paris (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-382f9569dcea.jpg) Luiz Bonfa Paris (1962) — GuitarAlchemy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/LB_PARIS.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Luiz Bonfá with craviola guitar (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/3876836/gallery-4beb90843ee7.jpg) Luiz Bonfá with craviola guitar (2026) — GuitarAlchemy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1_with_craviola_guitar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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