Gilvan Pereira was born in 1938 in Aliança, Pernambuco, Brazil as José Gilvan Pereira. He was a writer and assistant director, known for O Judeu (1996), Os saltimbancos Trapalhões (1981) and Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984). He died on August 12, 2002 in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.