Sérgio Ricardo
Acting
João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian actor, musician, playwright and filmmaker, better known for being responsible for the soundtrack of Glauber Rocha's "Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol" ("Black God, White Devil"). Born in a Lebanese-Brazilian family in Marília, São Paulo, and brother to famed director of photography Dib Lutfi, João got his stage name from TV businessmen who wanted to rebrand him as a leading man with an iconic name during his early gigs as an actor. He's maily associated with the Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave) movement, but stayed active until 2018. During the Cinema Novo days, Ricardo directed short film "Menino da Calça Branca" (1961) and "Esse Mundo É Meu" (1963), his feature-length debut. Among other notorious works in his career as a filmmaker is "A Noite do Espantalho", which shows Ricardo's talent as a polymath by mixing filmmaking with folk music and other elements of Brazilian popular culture, such as "cordel" literature. Ricardo moved to the Vidigal slum, in Rio de Janeiro, by choice in the 1970s, where he lived until his death in 2020. "Bandeira de Retalhos" (2018), his last film, was adapted by a theatre play also written by him and chronicles the life in 1970s Vidigal.
Known for
Acting28
tvO Canto Livre de Nara Leão
2022
Self (voice)
movieBandeira de Retalhos
2018
Voz Bipe
moviePitanga
2016
Self
movieTwo Rabbits
2012
Capanga do Robério 1
movieDescobrindo Waltel
2005
Ele mesmo
movieGlauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
Self / Interviewee
movieDib
1997
Self
moviePara Viver Um Grande Amor
1984
Carioca (voz cantando)
tvParabéns pra Você
1983
Carlinhos
Sound16
movieBandeira de Retalhos
2018
Original Music Composer
moviePé Sem Chão
2014
Original Music Composer
movieZelão
1999
Music
movieSítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe Night of the Scarecrow
1974
Original Music Composer
movieVozes do Medo
1972
Original Music Composer
movieLost Love Juliana
1970
Original Music Composer
movieEntranced Earth
1967
Original Music Composer
Menino da Calça Branca
1962
Original Music Composer
Directing7
movieBandeira de Retalhos
2018
Director
moviePé Sem Chão
2014
Director
movieZelão
1999
Director
movieLost Love Juliana
1970
Director
movieEsse Mundo é Meu
1964
Director
Writing7
movieBandeira de Retalhos
2018
Screenplay
moviePé Sem Chão
2014
Screenplay
movieZelão
1999
Writer
movieThe Night of the Scarecrow
1974
Story, Screenplay
movieLost Love Juliana
1970
Screenplay
movieEsse Mundo é Meu
1964
Screenplay
Crew1
movieAntonio das Mortes
1969
Additional Music
Production1
movieEsse Mundo é Meu
1964
Producer