Gurcius Gewdner
Director
94
Movies
1
TV Shows
Gurcius Gewdner, born in 1982, screenwriter, editor and director, stood out early in the Brazilian underground with eschatological-dadaist anti-music performances with his group Os Legais, from the mid-90s onwards. Self-taught, but with an academic background in History, his interest in performance art and experimental music gave rise to the desire to make films, which were born parallel to his musical projects.
A multi-faceted filmography: influenced by Christoph Shilingensief, Vera Shitlova, John Waters and the Kuchar brothers, he has several short and medium-length fiction films, including Texas Carlos Massacre (2021), Lieder Die Soldaten Morgen (2019), Bom Dia Carlos (2015, awarded at the Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, shown at Fifigrot, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Housecore Horror Festival, among others), Erivaldo: o Astronauta Místico (2013), Freddy Breck Ballet (2010) and Nosferatum (2003, awarded at Cine Esquema Novo). And two feature films that are revered worldwide: Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair (2017, an eschatological monster adventure shown on open TV, on Fantaspoa, Film Panic Presents, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Insólito Film Festival, among others) and Mamilos em Chamas (2008), which in 2024 was listed in the book "Cinema Degli Eccessi" by Andrea Guaia, as one of the 100 most shocking films in the history of cinema, alongside masterpieces of extreme cinema such as Saló, Pink Flamingos, Sweet Movie and Irreversible.
Since 1998, Gurcius, in partnership with Petter Baiestorf, has been one of the central figures of Canibal Filmes, the most influential SOV production company of extreme cinema in Brazil, with films such as Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies (2013, shown in Sitges, BUT Film Festival, Rojo Sangre, among others), Ninguém Deve Morrer (2009) and the sequel to the cult classic O Monstro Legume do Espaço (1995/2007), a partnership of more than 30 films, including feature-length, medium-length and short films. With performer and director Ligia Marina/Juma Pariri and Colombian activist Margarita Rodriguez Weweli-Lukana, he has been producing a series of experimental indigenous short films, 5 to date, including Hot Air (2023, shown at Echoes Indigenous Film Festival, Māoriland Film Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, FICCI, Porn Film Festival Berlin, among others), Fôlego Vivo (2021) and Hasta El fin del Mundo (2018). In partnership with legendary photographer and filmmaker Ivan Cardoso, they created a collection of 24 films brought together in the feature film O Baccanal do Diabo (2013, shown in Rotterdam, Karlov Vary, among others) and the experimental O Colírio do Corman (2020). Together with editor Christian Caselli, he put together documentaries with intense archival research such as Ivan O TerriRvel (2019) and Serguei O Psicodélico (2016). He has acted in films such as Tongues of Fire (2024), Black Sea (2013), among others. In music, it is also worth mentioning prolific collaborations with L. Borgia Rosseti and Orquestra Zé Felipe. Parallel to all this, he has a filmography of documentaries about his own creative process, such as the feature film A Nau dos Foos (2021, with appearances by Roger Corman, Olaf Moller and Richard Stanley), Cavalo Marinho vem a Cavalo (2020), Banho Gostoso (2008) and O Triunvirato (2004).
Behind the Camera
Privadas de Suas Vidas
Director, Guionista
Arrombada - Vou Mijar na Porra do Seu Túmulo
Editor, Productor
Vadias do Sexo Sangrento
Productor Ejecutivo, Editor
Texas Carlos Massacre
Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Escritor, Productor, Director
Bo Cage
Editor
Filme Político
Escritor, Editor
Ninguém Deve Morrer
Productor, Editor, Sound Editor
Tropical SOV: Bizarro Sci-fi Samba
Director, Productor, Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Compositor, Camera Operator, Animation
Trash! A Série
Art Designer
Uptake fear
Editor, Second Unit Director, Productor
Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies
Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
O Doce Avanço da Faca
Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
O Terno do Zé
Set Decoration
O Bacanal do Diabo e Outras Fitas Proibidas de Ivan Cardoso
Escritor, Editor, Music Coordinator
O Monstro Legume do Espaço 2
Associate Producer, Editor
Ivan, O TerrirVel
Editor
Cerveja Atômica
Editor
Sangue Marginal
Dir. de Fotografía
Guidable: A Verdadeira História do Ratos de Porão
Production Assistant
O Colírio do Corman Me Deixou Doido Demais
Guionista, Associate Producer, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Music Coordinator
Manifesto Canibal: O Filme
Associate Producer, Editor
Homens & Algas
Productor, Editor
Mamilos em Chamas
Director, Editor, Productor, Escritor
O Triunvirato
Escritor, Productor, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Music, Director
Nosferatum
Director, Guionista, Editor, Productor
Blerghhh!!!
Editor
Quem é Gurcius Gewdner?
Music
Ulisses
Editor
Astros em Rotação
Editor
A Nau dos Loucos: Mergulho e Decolagem de Pazucus
Director, Escritor, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Songs
As Actor/Actress
Coleção de Humanos Mortos
Dead Gurcius
Arrombada - Vou Mijar na Porra do Seu Túmulo
Médico de sua família
Vadias do Sexo Sangrento
Demented Editor
Mar Negro
Bar Man
Texas Carlos Massacre
Adventure Director
Ninguém Deve Morrer
Ninguém
Tropical SOV
Voz do Rei Cocô - Segmento Viagem à Flora
Tropical SOV: Bizarro Sci-fi Samba
Voz - Segmento Cachoeira de Arroz
Trash! A Série
Self
3 Cortes
Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies
Pastor Davi
Línguas de Fogo
Sofia
Cerveja Atômica
Pastor
Sangue Marginal
O Colírio do Corman Me Deixou Doido Demais
Roger Corman's Voice (voice)
Manifesto Canibal: O Filme
Self
Mamilos em Chamas
O Triunvirato
Director
Nosferatum
Psychiatrist
Páscoa Sarnenta
Let Your Fans Be Your Distributor!
Self
Quem é Gurcius Gewdner?
A Nau dos Loucos: Mergulho e Decolagem de Pazucus
Self
Pressa de te amar
The Running Man
A População da América Espanhola Colonial
Roberto Maia
Monstrolândia
Russian on the beach
Um Dia Legal com Os Legais
Self
The Frightened President
Mystic
Dublê de Lixo
Voyer
Dia de Ano
Offender suporter