Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
49 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Nov 5, 1918
- Died
- Feb 8, 2007 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil
- Also known as
- Ozualdo R. 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.
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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.
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Known for
Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias: movies and TV shows
Acting (14)
- 2025
- 2020
- 2015
- 2003
- 1994
- 1991
- 1987
- 1985
- 1977
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970
- 1968 The Red Light Bandit
as Criminoso da Praça da República
Behind the camera (37)
- 2025 Tambaú
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2003 As Tranças de Maria
Supervising Technical Director
- 1993 Cinemateca Brasileira
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay
- 1992 O Vigilante
Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1992 A América do Sul
Director
- 1992 Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1990 Lady Vaselina
Director, Writer
- 1989 Mister Power
Director
- 1988 Rastros na Areia
Director of Photography
- 1987 The Beauties of Billings
Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 1984 The Nun and the Torture
Director, Writer, Cinematography
- 1982 Desejos Sexuais de Elza
Director of Photography
- 1982 Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1981 The Option
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
- 1980 O Cangaceiro do Diabo
Director of Photography
- 1978 Desejo Violento
Screenplay
- 1978 Devil Nymphs
Cinematography
- 1976 Bocadolixocinema
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1976 As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
Director
- 1976 A Visita do Velho Senhor
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Still Photographer, Editor
- 1976 O Candinho
Director
- 1974 Caçada Sangrenta
Director, Writer
- 1974 Joe Zero
Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Producer, Story, Gaffer
- 1973 A Noite do Desejo
Director of Photography
- 1973 Maria... Sempre Maria
Director of Photography
- 1973 Brás
Director of Photography
- 1972 O Desconhecido
Director, Writer
- 1972 Com a Cama na Cabeça
Director of Photography
- 1971 Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1971 Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1970 The Inheritance
Director, Writer, Producer, Production Design, Director of Photography
- 1969 My Name Is Tonho
Director, Writer
- 1968 Trilogy of Terror
Director, Writer
- 1967 The Margin
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1964 At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Assistant Director
- 1963 My Destiny is in Your Hands
Writer
- 1960 Polícia Feminina
Director, Producer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2021
- 2013
- 2005