Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing26
movieTambaú
2025
Director
movieCinemateca Brasileira
1993
Director
movieO Vigilante
1992
Director
movieA América do Sul
1992
Director
movieLady Vaselina
1990
Director
movieMister Power
1989
Director
movieThe Nun and the Torture
1984
Director
movieThe Option
1981
Director
movieBocadolixocinema
1976
Director
movieO Candinho
1976
Director
movieCaçada Sangrenta
1974
Director
movieJoe Zero
1974
Director
movieO Desconhecido
1972
Director
movieThe Inheritance
1970
Director
movieMy Name Is Tonho
1969
Director
movieTrilogy of Terror
1968
Director
movieThe Margin
1967
Director
movieAt Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
1964
Assistant Director
moviePolícia Feminina
1960
Director
Camera20
movieTambaú
2025
Director of Photography
movieCinemateca Brasileira
1993
Director of Photography
movieO Vigilante
1992
Director of Photography
movieBastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô
1992
Director of Photography
movieRastros na Areia
1988
Director of Photography
The Beauties of Billings
1987
Director of Photography
movieDesejos Sexuais de Elza
1982
Director of Photography
Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas
1982
Director of Photography
movieThe Option
1981
Director of Photography
movieO Cangaceiro do Diabo
1980
Director of Photography
movieBocadolixocinema
1976
Director of Photography
movieA Visita do Velho Senhor
1976
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
movieJoe Zero
1974
Director of Photography
movieA Noite do Desejo
1973
Director of Photography
movieMaria... Sempre Maria
1973
Director of Photography
movieBrás
1973
Director of Photography
Com a Cama na Cabeça
1972
Director of Photography
movieUma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71
1971
Director of Photography
movieUma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70
1971
Director of Photography
movieThe Inheritance
1970
Director of Photography
Writing19
movieCinemateca Brasileira
1993
Screenplay
movieO Vigilante
1992
Writer
movieLady Vaselina
1990
Writer
movieThe Option
1981
Screenplay
movieDesejo Violento
1978
Screenplay
movieA Visita do Velho Senhor
1976
Screenplay
movieJoe Zero
1974
Screenplay, Story
movieO Desconhecido
1972
Writer
movieThe Inheritance
1970
Writer
movieThe Margin
1967
Writer
Acting18
movieOzualdo Candeias and the Cinema
2013
Himself (archive footage)
movieSoberano
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
Criminoso da Praça da República
Editing9
Production6
movieO Vigilante
1992
Producer, Executive Producer
movieThe Option
1981
Producer
movieJoe Zero
1974
Producer
movieThe Inheritance
1970
Producer
moviePolícia Feminina
1960
Producer
Crew4
movieAs Tranças de Maria
2003
Supervising Technical Director
movieBoca Macia
1985
Cinematography
movieThe Nun and the Torture
1984
Cinematography
movieDevil Nymphs
1978
Cinematography
Art1
movieThe Inheritance
1970
Production Design
Lighting1
movieJoe Zero
1974
Gaffer