Known For
Acting
Born
May 23, 1939
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Credits
119 titles
Helena Ignez
Biography
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).
Known For
Filmography
Pioneiras do Cinema
A Film to Remind Us of Utopia
Self (archive footage)
Eclipse
Dona da Kitnet
Cartas Para Rian
Nair de Tefé
Helena! Cinema!
Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
Self
Nosferatu
Gravidade
Message from Sergipe
Trópico de Leão
Medéia
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Dra. Marina Consiglio
Deuses da Peste
A Última Vanguarda
Self
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
Arlete
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Self
Helena de Guaratiba
Helena
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Joy Is the Acid Test
Jarda Ícone
The Mother
Dulce
The Welles Raft
Herself
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Voiceover
Um Documentário Brasileiro
Self
The Good Cinema
Subterrânea
Senhora Ônibus
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
Mother
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
Mulher Oceano
Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
Race Antenna
Self
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Natureza Morta
Narradora 3
Rio de Topless
Self
Extracts
Notícias do Fim do Mundo
Flesh
(voice)
Fakir
Narrator
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
Diretora
My Calendar Girl
Helena / Palestrante (voz)
O Desmonte do Monte
Antes do Fim
Inaudito
Voice
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Febre
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self