Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 01, 1952
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
72 titles
Ivan Cardoso
Biography
Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho (Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 1st, 1952) is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker. Cardoso's early career is mainly associated with experimental short films such as 1971's "Nosferatu no Brasil' (Nosfaratu in Brazil), starring poet and songrwriter Torquato Neto, of whom Cardoso was a good friend. Though his work as an experimental filmmaker continued to develop in short films through a career that spans for over four decades, his most famous and recognizable feature-length movies are the ones that mix horror and comedy elements, described by Cardoso as "terrir" ("terror" + "rir", which is a word for "laugh" in Brazilian Portuguese). "As Sete Vampiras" (The Seven Vampire Ladies), "O Segredo da Múmia" (The Secret of the Mummy) and "Um Lobisomem na Amazônia" (A Werewolf in the Amazon Rainforest) are prominent films among Cardoso's terrir works. Documentaries on fellow Brazilian filmmakers, such as Glauber Rocha and José Mojica Marins, and on plastic artists such as avan-garte icon Helio Oiticica also figure among his filmography. He mantains channels in websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, where lots of his short films, from the most well-known to the most underground ones, are avaliable for free.
Known For
Filmography
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo
Director
40 Years of Fantasporto
Self (archive footage)
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Self
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Self
Dunas do Barato
Self
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Self
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
Director
Astros em Rotação
Director
Sangue Marginal
A História do Olho
Director
Go Back
Director
A Normalista e o Anormal
Director
O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
Director
Nas Asas do Caixão
Producer
Ulisses
Director
Bo Cage
Director
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Folias em Bagdá
Director
Monstrolândia
Director
A Brasa do Norte
Director
Com a Boca na Botija
Director
Rota 69
Director
Helioframes
Director
O Fim da Picada
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
A Hora do Terrir
Carícia Fatal
Love on Uranus
Narrador
Hot Shot
Director
A Marca do Terrir
Director
A Werewolf in the Amazon
Director
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Himself (archive footage)
The Macabre Sarcophagus
Director
Heliorama
Director of Photography
A Star for Ioiô
Salesman
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll
Director
Hi-Fi
Director
Chaos and Confusion
Figurante 2 no Festival de Gramado
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
Director of Photography
Canibais na HorrorCon
Self
The Mandarin
O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia
Director
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Director
Rogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil
Director
The Scarlet Scorpion
Director
Ivampirismo - O Cinema em Pânico
Director
The Seven Vampires
Director
The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
Director