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name: "Manuel \"Jacaré\" Olimpio Meira"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manuel-jacare-olimpio-meira"
fi1m_id: "manuel-jacare-olimpio-meira"
imdb_id: "nm0576966"
tmdb_id: 577437
roles: []
born: "25 December 1903"
died: "19 May 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T01:12:09.250795+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."
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# Manuel "Jacaré" Olimpio Meira

## Identity

Manuel "Jacaré" Olimpio Meira

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/manuel-jacare-olimpio-meira
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** manuel-jacare-olimpio-meira
- **IMDb ID:** nm0576966
- **TMDB ID:** 577437
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/577437

Actor. Born 25 December 1903 in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Died 19 May 1942.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 December 1903, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- **Died:** 19 May 1942
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/577437

## Biography

Manuel 'Jacaré' Olimpio Meira was a Brazilian fisherman and jangadeiro from Cascavel, Ceará. In 1941 he was one of four men who sailed the raft São Pedro from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro to petition President Getúlio Vargas for improved rights and conditions for artisanal fishermen.

Meira appeared as himself in footage shot by Orson Welles for the unfinished 1942 film *It's All True*. The material was later incorporated into the 1993 documentary *It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles*. He died in a drowning accident off Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, on 19 May 1942 during further filming.

*Sources: imdb.com, viacascavel.com.br.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *It's All True* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/its-all-true.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *It's All True: Four Men on a Raft* (1986), Actor

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