Geneton Moraes Neto was born on July 13, 1956 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo (2011), Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015) and Barretão (2019). He was married to Elizabeth G. Passi. He died on August 22, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.