Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 14, 1981
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
9 titles
João Cândido Zacharias
Biography
João Cândido Zacharias (Rio de Janeiro, 1981) is a director and screenwriter. His short film Sandra Calling (2017) won the Felix Award at the Rio Film Festival and was selected to festivals in Brazil, Europe and the US. His following short, The Last Romantics (2019), screened in over 35 film festivals around the globe. He has recently directed his first feature, the queer horror A Herança (Birthright). His main focus of interest is genre cinema, ranging all scope from horror to thriller, action, crime and fantasy. As an LGBTQIAPN+ person, he is also very interested in portraying characters from that community and addressing, in cinematic and narrative ways, issues and themes regarding them.
Known For
Filmography
Jenna & Salvador
Director
The Best of All Worlds
Writer
Birthright
Director
A Jaula
Adaptation
The Last Romantics
Director
Sandra Calling
Director
Danado de Bom
Writer
OK
Assistant Director
Linguinha x Mr. Yes
Cientista Louco