Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
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Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias (1918 – 2007) was a Brazilian screenwriter, editor, photographer, director of photography, actor, producer and filmmaker.
Candeias is believed to have been born in 1918, but was only registered in the town of Cajobi, in the state of São Paulo, in 1922. He worked in a number of jobs, from aeronautics sergent to truck driver. A self-taught filmmaker, he released his debut feature "A Margem" in 1967, a starting point for the Cinema Marginal movement (also dubbed Cinema de Invenção), which would forever change paradigms in the history of Brazilian cinema. Longing for distribution company for it, he turned to the Boca do Lixo, a block in downton São Paulo then known as a stronghold to independant filmmakers. A passionate advocate for the Boca, he paid homages to it in both short and feature films.
His work is composed of numerous shorts and feature-length films, mostly depiciting life of communities either in urban or rural Brazil dealing with life in poverty. Among the genres Candeias has worked with are horror, western, exploitation and drama, although his films are hard to categorize due to their experimental nature. Although a few of his features met commercial success, such as 1969s "Meu Nome É Tonho", Candeias' films had a notoriously small audience during his lifetime. "Caçada Sangrenta" (1974) and "A Freira e a Tortura" (1983), two of his features aimed at a more conventional public, emerged from a deal with producer/actor David Cardoso, who had previously starred in "A Herança" (1971), Candeias' take on Hamlet reimagined as taking place in rural Brazil. Candeias' picture "Aopção ou As Rosas da Estrada" (1981) won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. His last feature, "O Vigilante" (1992), won the Special Jury Award at the 25th Brasília Film Festival, but was never distributed at the theatres.
Behind the Camera
A Herança
Productor, Diseño de Producción, Director, Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía
A Noite do Desejo
Dir. de Fotografía
À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma
Assistant Director
A Margem
Director, Escritor, Editor
As Tranças de Maria
Supervising Technical Director
Trilogia de Terror
Director, Escritor
Meu Nome é... Tonho
Director, Escritor
A Freira e a Tortura
Escritor, Director, Dir. de Fotografía
Maria... Sempre Maria
Dir. de Fotografía
Aopção ou As Rosas da Estrada
Director, Productor, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Guionista
Ninfas Diabólicas
Dir. de Fotografía
O Desconhecido
Director, Escritor
Brás
Dir. de Fotografía
Rastros na Areia
Dir. de Fotografía
Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos
Escritor
O Vigilante
Director, Escritor, Productor, Productor Ejecutivo, Dir. de Fotografía
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
Director
O Candinho
Director
Desejos Sexuais de Elza
Dir. de Fotografía
Desejo Violento
Guionista
Zézero
Director, Guionista, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía, Historia, Gaffer
O Cangaceiro do Diabo
Dir. de Fotografía
Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô
Director, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor
Caçada Sangrenta
Director, Escritor
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
Director, Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
Director, Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía
Bocadolixocinema
Director, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor
A América do Sul
Director
Polícia Feminina
Director, Productor
Lady Vaselina
Director, Escritor
As Actor/Actress
O Bandido da Luz Vermelha
Criminoso da Praça da República
O Despertar da Besta
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
O Bom Cinema
Self
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Orgia ou O Homem Que Deu Cria
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
Boca Aberta
Ozualdo Candeias e o Cinema
Himself (archive footage)
Soberano
Self (archive footage)
O Macabro Dr. Scivano
Candeias: Um Ser do seu Tempo
Rua do Triumpho - O Filme
Ozu Piroclástico
A América do Sul
Self
O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias