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.
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Films (53)
Tambaú
2025 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Candeias: Um Ser do seu Tempo
2025
The Good Cinema
2021 · Self
Ozu Piroclástico
2020
Rua do Triumpho - O Filme
2015
Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema
2013 · Himself (archive footage)
Soberano
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
2003
As Tranças de Maria
2003 · Supervising Technical Director
O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias
1994
Cinemateca Brasileira
1993 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
O Vigilante
1992 · Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
A América do Sul
1992 · Self, Director
Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô
1992 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Lady Vaselina
1990 · Director, Writer
Mister Power
1989 · Director
Rastros na Areia
1988 · Director of Photography
The Beauties of Billings
1987 · Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Editor
Boca Aberta
1985
The Nun and the Torture
1984 · Writer, Director, Cinematography
Desejos Sexuais de Elza
1982 · Director of Photography
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
1982 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
The Option
1981 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
O Cangaceiro do Diabo
1980 · Director of Photography
Desejo Violento
1978 · Screenplay
Devil Nymphs
1978 · Cinematography
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
1977
Bocadolixocinema
1976 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
1976 · Director
A Visita do Velho Senhor
1976 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Still Photographer, Editor
O Candinho
1976 · Director
Caçada Sangrenta
1974 · Director, Writer
Joe Zero
1974 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Story, Gaffer
A Noite do Desejo
1973 · Director of Photography
Maria... Sempre Maria
1973 · Director of Photography
Brás
1973 · Director of Photography
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
1972
O Desconhecido
1972 · Director, Writer
Com a Cama na Cabeça
1972 · Director of Photography
Macabre Dr. Scivano
1971
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
1971 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
1971 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Inheritance
1970 · Producer, Production Design, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Awakening of the Beast
1970
Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth
1970
My Name Is Tonho
1969 · Director, Writer
The Red Light Bandit
1968 · Criminoso da Praça da República
Trilogy of Terror
1968 · Director, Writer
The Margin
1967 · Director, Writer, Editor
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
1964 · Assistant Director
My Destiny is in Your Hands
1963 · Writer
Polícia Feminina
1960 · Director, Producer
Séries (0)
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