Canuto Mendes de Almeida was born on April 28, 1906 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Canuto Mendes was a writer and director, known for Fogo de Palha (1926), O Mistério do Dominó Negro (1931) and Gigi (1925). Canuto Mendes died on October 28, 1990 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.