Bárbara Paz is a Brazilian director, visual artist, actress, and producer. In film, she directed Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2019), which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Best Documentary award in the Venice Classics category in 2019, among many other international festivals. The film was also Brazil's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. In 2021, she directed the short film Act, which won the Grande Otelo Award for Best Short Fiction Film at the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro.

As an actress, she has performed in over 25 theatrical productions, starring in works ranging from Oscar Wilde to Tennessee Williams. She has played leading roles in several films, including My Hindu Friend, Hector Babenco's last film, alongside Willem Dafoe. On television,

Bárbara participated in several series and soap operas, and presented the program "A Arte do Encontro" (The Art of Encounter) for four years on Canal Brasil, where she interviewed important figures in the Brazilian artistic scene. In 2025, she was awarded the Knight's Medal by the Ministry of Culture, an honor for cultural merit. As a visual artist, she presents the exhibition "Autoacusação" (Self-Accusation) in various galleries around the world. Currently, she is finalizing her next documentary, "Rua Pescador nº 6" (Fisherman Street No. 6), a film about the biggest climate catastrophe that occurred in May 2024 in southern Brazil. In 2024, she also served on the official jury of the Venice Film Festival for the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best First Film.