Omar de Sousa

Omar de Sousa Bacchetti (April 20, 1940 - August 2, 2016) was a Brazilian-born American set designer.

Biography
Omar was born in, and had his first set design work in 1965 for  when he was 26 years old.

He was the set designer for several Rede Horizonte programs in the 1980s. In 1994, he was charged with manslaughter after a fire broke out during a broadcast of Show da Filhotes in August 1992. Midway through the trial, Omar fled to the, settling in. Omar split his time between New York City and for the rest of his life.

On August 2, 2016, Omar died of cardiac arrest in. His body was buried in his hometown of Lavras.

Filmography

 * Show da Filhotes (1989-1992)
 * Kids for Character TV (2003)
 * Kids for Character: Moov'n & Groov'n (2004)