Rogério Sganzerla
Directing
Rogério Sganzerla (1946 — 2004) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main names of the Cinema de Invenção (or Cinema Marginal) underground movement. Influenced by Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and José Mojica Marins, Sganzerla often used clichés from film noir and pornochanchadas. Irony, narrative subversion and collage were trademarks of his film aesthetics. Sganzerla was born in Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina, but moved with his family to São Paulo at a very young age, living there for most of his life. During the 1960s he wrote for the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo" ("The State of S. Paulo") as film critic, quickly being recognised as a young talent. In 1967, Sganzerla directed his first short film, "Documentário" ("Documentary"), winning an award at the JB-Mesbla 16mm Festival. "Documentário" was quickly followed up by his first feature-length film in 1968, "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" ("The Red Light Bandit"), which became a landmark for the movement known as Cinema de Invenção or Cinema Marginal and is still Sganzerla's most well-known film. In 1970, he founded the "Bel-Air Filmes" production company along with fellow Cinema de Invenção filmmaker Júlio Bressane. Headed by Sganzerla, the company produced his films "Copacabana Mon Amour", "Carnaval na Lama" and "Sem Essa, Aranha" and Bressane's "A Família do Barulho", "Barão Olavo, o Horrível" and "Cuidado, Madame", all shot in Brazil during four months of 1970 and edited abroad, in England, when both Sganzerla and Bressane were banished from their home country by the then rulling military dictatorship. While in exile, both Sganzerla and Bressane continued to shoot new films. Sganzerla's personal obsessions, such as director Orson Welles (and his infamous visit to Brazil) and musicians Noel Rosa and Jimi Hendrix, appear in many of his films, going as far as being the main subject in some of them. In 1985, Sganzerla directed the docufiction "Nem Tudo É Verdade" ("It's Not All True") about Orson Welles' arrival in Brazil to film his unfinished documentary "It's All True". Sganzerla died in 2004, of a brain tumor, shortly after finishing his last film "O Signo do Caos" ("The Sign of Chaos"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rogério Sganzerla licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing27
movieThe Sign of Chaos
2003
Director
movieB2
2001
Director
movieIt's All Brazil
1997
Director
movieIt's All True
1993
Assistant Director
movieOswaldianas
1992
Director
moviePerigo Negro
1992
Director
movieAnônimo e incomum
1990
Director
movieIsto é Noel Rosa
1990
Director
movieWelles' Language
1990
Director
movieIt's Not All True
1986
Director
movieIrani
1983
Director
movieBrasil
1981
Director
movieNoel por Noel
1981
Director
movieThe Abyss
1977
Director
movieNo Way, Spider
1970
Director
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970
Director
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969
Director
movieQuadrinhos no Brasil
1969
Director
movieComics
1969
Director
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
Director
movieDocumentário
1966
Director
Acting25
movieIdentidade
2026
Rogério Sganzerla (Imagens de Arquivo)
movieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieIvan, the TerrirBle
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieA Mulher da Luz Própria
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieDunas do Barato
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieCopacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieA Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
Himself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
movieHorror Palace Hotel
1978
Himself
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
Man in the theater (uncredited)
Writing19
movieMy Calendar Girl
2018
Screenplay
movieB2
2001
Writer
movieIt's All Brazil
1997
Writer
movieIrani
1983
Writer
movieNoel por Noel
1981
Writer
movieThe Abyss
1977
Screenplay
movieNo Way, Spider
1970
Writer
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970
Screenplay
movieDocumentário
1966
Writer
Editing14
movieB2
2001
Editor
movieIrani
1983
Editor
movieBrasil
1981
Editor
movieNoel por Noel
1981
Editor
movieThe Abyss
1977
Editor
movieNo Way, Spider
1970
Editor
movieThe Interview
1966
Editor
movieEye for an Eye
1966
Editor
movieDocumentário
1966
Editor
movieO Pedestre
1966
Editor
Production13
movieThe Sign of Chaos
2003
Producer
movieIt's All Brazil
1997
Producer
movieBrasil
1981
Producer
movieNoel por Noel
1981
Producer
movieThe Abyss
1977
Producer
movieThe Hullabaloo Family
1970
Producer
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970
Producer
movieWatch Out, Madame
1970
Producer
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969
Producer
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
Producer
movieDocumentário
1966
Producer
Sound7
movieIt's All Brazil
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Abyss
1977
Music Supervisor
movieComics
1969
Music
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
Original Music Composer
Camera3
movieExtracts
2019
Director of Photography
movieA Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
Camera Operator
movieReinvenção da Rua
2003
Camera Operator
Crew3
movieThe Werewolf: A Midnight Terror
1975
Cinematography
movieThe Monsters of Babaloo
1970
Cinematography
movieGarden of War
1969
Additional Writing
Costume & Make-Up2
movieThe Abyss
1977
Costume Design
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969
Costume Design
Art1
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969
Production Design