Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
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.
The Good Cinema
(Self)
Macabre Dr. Scivano
Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema
(Himself (archive footage))
Soberano
(Self (archive footage))
A América do Sul
Rua do Triumpho - O Filme
The Red Light Bandit
(Criminoso da Praça da República)
The Awakening of the Beast
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
Boca Aberta
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
The Beauties of Billings
Ozu Piroclástico
Cinemateca Brasileira
(Director)
Cinemateca Brasileira
(Director of Photography)
Cinemateca Brasileira
(Editor)
Trilogy of Terror
(Director)
The Inheritance
(Director)
The Inheritance
(Writer)
The Inheritance
(Producer)
The Inheritance
(Production Design)
The Option
(Director)
Tambaú
(Director)
O Desconhecido
(Director)
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
(Director)
The Nun and the Torture
(Director)
The Nun and the Torture
(Writer)
O Vigilante
(Director)
The Margin
(Director)
The Margin
(Writer)
The Margin
(Editor)
My Name is Tonho
(Director)
My Name is Tonho
(Writer)
Caçada Sangrenta
(Director)
Caçada Sangrenta
(Writer)
Zézero
(Director)
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
(Director)
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
(Writer)
O Desconhecido
(Writer)
My Destiny is in Your Hands
(Writer)
The Option
(Director of Photography)
The Option
(Editor)
The Option
(Producer)
A América do Sul
(Director)
Com a Cama na Cabeça
(Director of Photography)
Desejos Sexuais de Elza
(Director of Photography)
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
(Director)
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
(Writer)
The Beauties of Billings
(Director of Photography)
Maria... Sempre Maria
(Director of Photography)
Brás
(Director of Photography)
The Inheritance
(Director of Photography)
The Beauties of Billings
(Director)
The Nun and the Torture
(Cinematography)
The Beauties of Billings
(Screenplay)
A Visita do Velho Senhor
(Director)
O Candinho
(Director)
The Option
(Screenplay)
Devil Nymphs
(Cinematography)
Boca do Lixo Cinema
(Director)
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
(Writer)
Desejo Violento
(Screenplay)
Mister Power
(Director)
Boca Macia
(Cinematography)
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
(Director)
O Vigilante
(Producer)
O Vigilante
(Executive Producer)
O Vigilante
(Writer)
O Vigilante
(Director of Photography)
Rastros na Areia
(Director of Photography)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
(Assistant Director)
The Beauties of Billings
(Editor)
Bastidores Das Filmagens De Um Pornô
(Director)
Zézero
(Director of Photography)
Zézero
(Screenplay)
Zézero
(Producer)
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
(Producer)
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
(Editor)
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
(Director of Photography)
As Tranças de Maria
(Supervising Technical Director)
A Noite do Desejo
(Director of Photography)
Lady Vaselina
(Director)
O Cangaceiro do Diabo
(Director of Photography)