Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 05, 1918
Died
Feb 08, 2007
Place of Birth
Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil
Credits
54 titles
Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tambaú
Director
Candeias: Um Ser do seu Tempo
The Good Cinema
Self
Ozu Piroclástico
Rua do Triumpho - O Filme
Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema
Himself (archive footage)
Soberano
Self (archive footage)
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
As Tranças de Maria
Supervising Technical Director
O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias
Cinemateca Brasileira
Director
O Vigilante
Director
A América do Sul
Self
Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô
Director
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Lady Vaselina
Director
Mister Power
Director
Rastros na Areia
Director of Photography
The Beauties of Billings
Boca Macia
Cinematography
Boca Aberta
The Nun and the Torture
Director
Desejos Sexuais de Elza
Director of Photography
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
Director
The Option
Director
O Cangaceiro do Diabo
Director of Photography
Desejo Violento
Screenplay
Devil Nymphs
Cinematography
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Bocadolixocinema
Director
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
Director
A Visita do Velho Senhor
Director
O Candinho
Director
Caçada Sangrenta
Writer
Joe Zero
Director
A Noite do Desejo
Director of Photography
Maria... Sempre Maria
Director of Photography
Brás
Director of Photography
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
O Desconhecido
Director
Com a Cama na Cabeça
Director of Photography
Macabre Dr. Scivano
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
Director
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
Writer
The Inheritance
Producer
The Awakening of the Beast
Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth
My Name Is Tonho
Director
The Red Light Bandit
Criminoso da Praça da República
Trilogy of Terror
Director