Orlando Senna was born in 1940 in Afrânio Peixoto, Bahia, Brazil as Orlando de Salles Senna. He is a writer and director, known for Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica (1975), Diamante bruto (1977) and Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (2003). He is married to Conceição Senna.