Helena Ignez
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).
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
Joy Is the Acid Test
(Jarda Ícone)
The Good Cinema
Embodiment of Evil
(Cabíria)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
(Self)
The Mother
(Dulce)
O Pátio
(The woman)
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
The Priest and the Girl
(Mariana)
A Familia do Barulho
(Prostituta)
The Woman of Everyone
(Ângela Carne e Osso)
Copacabana Mon Amour
(Sônia Silk)
The Sign of Chaos
(Guida)
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
(Archive Footage)
A Grande Feira
(Ely)
It's Not All True
A Balada do Provisório
(Provisório's Mother)
No Way, Spider
Hotel Atlântico
(Dona da Pousada)
Helena de Guaratiba
(Helena)
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
(Isabel)
Face To Face
(Luciana)
Meu Mundo em Perigo
(Mãe de Isis)
Watch Out, Madame
Assault on the Pay Train
(Marta)
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
(Dra. Marina Consiglio)
The End of an Age
((voz))
Paixão e Virtude
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
(Self)
Love Film Festival
(Herself)
B2
O Engano
(Mulher do médico)
The Red Light Bandit
(Janete Jane)
Oswaldianas
Spray Jet
(Bossy Lady)
Grito da Terra
(Mariá)
Rio de Topless
(Self)
A Última Vanguarda
(Self)
Scent of Gardenias
(Bandida)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
(Self (archive footage))
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
(Self)
São Jerônimo
(Marcela)
Retrato da Terra
(Ela mesma)
Carnaval na Lama
The Outsiders
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
(Arlete)
Abry
(Self)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Ralé: The Lower Depths
(Sonia Silk)
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Helena Zero
A Miss e o Dinossauro
(Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off))
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
A Man and His Cage
(Aeromoça)
O Cinema Foi à Feira
(Ela mesma)
Anônimo e incomum
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
Febre
Antes do Fim
My Calendar Girl
(Palestrante (voz))
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
(Self)
The Monsters of Babaloo
Mulheres de Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
Flying Geraldo
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
(Narração)
Terno
(Mãe)
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
(Self)
A Mulher da Luz Própria
(Self)
Flesh
((voice))
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
The Welles Raft
(Herself)
Extracts
Estátua!
(Mãe (voz))
O Desmonte do Monte
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Natureza Morta
Ossos
(Voz Off)
Poder dos Afetos
(Ritual Xamânico)
Reinvenção da Rua
(Herself)
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
(Diretora)
A Bela P...
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
Perigo Negro
(Tiafa)
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
(Self)
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
Race Antenna
(Self)
Desculpa, Dona Madama
(Patroa)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
(Self)
Mulher Oceano
(Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited))
Ugly, Me?
(Jarda)
Subterrânea
(Senhora Ônibus)
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Um Documentário Brasileiro
(Self)
Inaudito
(Voice)
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
(Voiceover)
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
(Mother)
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Um Intruso no Paraíso
Belair
Flesh
Trópico de Leão
(Medéia)
Deuses da Peste
Tereza Batista
(Maricota)
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
(Director)
Canção de Baal
(Director)
Ugly, Me?
(Director)
O Pátio
(Co-Producer)
Poder dos Afetos
(Director)
América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio
(Editor)
Ralé: The Lower Depths
(Director)
A Miss e o Dinossauro
(Director)
Joy Is the Acid Test
(Director)
Joy Is the Acid Test
(Executive Producer)
Joy Is the Acid Test
(Screenplay)
My Calendar Girl
(Director)
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
(Adaptation)
My Calendar Girl
(Screenplay)
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
(Writer)
Fakir
(Director)
Fakir
(Screenplay)
Fakir
(Art Direction)
Fakir
(Musical Casting)
Reinvenção da Rua
(Director)
Ossos
(Screenplay)
Ossos
(Screenstory)
Ossos
(Director)
Ossos
(Music)
Ossos
(Producer)
Poder dos Afetos
(Screenplay)
Poder dos Afetos
(Executive Producer)
Poder dos Afetos
(Screenstory)
A Miss e o Dinossauro
(Music Supervisor)
A Miss e o Dinossauro
(Camera Operator)
A Miss e o Dinossauro
(Researcher)
Canção de Baal
(Screenplay)
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
(Director)
Ralé: The Lower Depths
(Producer)
Ralé: The Lower Depths
(Writer)
Ugly, Me?
(Writer)
Ugly, Me?
(Executive Producer)
Ugly, Me?
(Associate Producer)