Ivan Cardoso

Known for DirectingBorn 1952-10-01 (age 73)Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho (Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 1st, 1952) is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker. Cardoso's early career is mainly associated with experimental short films such as 1971's "Nosferatu no Brasil' (Nosfaratu in Brazil), starring poet and songrwriter Torquato Neto, of whom Cardoso was a good friend. Though his work as an experimental filmmaker continued to develop in short films through a career that spans for over four decades, his most famous and recognizable feature-length movies are the ones that mix horror and comedy elements, described by Cardoso as "terrir" ("terror" + "rir", which is a word for "laugh" in Brazilian Portuguese). "As Sete Vampiras" (The Seven Vampire Ladies), "O Segredo da Múmia" (The Secret of the Mummy) and "Um Lobisomem na Amazônia" (A Werewolf in the Amazon Rainforest) are prominent films among Cardoso's terrir works. Documentaries on fellow Brazilian filmmakers, such as Glauber Rocha and José Mojica Marins, and on plastic artists such as avan-garte icon Helio Oiticica also figure among his filmography. He mantains channels in websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, where lots of his short films, from the most well-known to the most underground ones, are avaliable for free.Read more

Movies & web series

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy

Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll

A Star for Ioiô

Domingo de Ramos

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

The Agony

The Abyss

Watch Out, Madame

Rogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

The Seven Kittens

Horror Palace Hotel

Gal Fa-Tal

No Way, Spider

Dunas do Barato

O Gigante da América

40 Years of Fantasporto

Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso

A Miss e o Dinossauro

Hi-Fi

HO

The Seven Vampires

The Scarlet Scorpion

The Damned Lake

The Mandarin

A Werewolf in the Amazon

The Secret of the Mummy

A Marca do Terrir

Nosferato in Brazil

Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

Ivan, the TerrirBle

God's Sentence

Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo

Sangue Marginal

A História do Olho

A Normalista e o Anormal

O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes

Go Back

Astros em Rotação

A Brasa do Norte

Nas Asas do Caixão

Ulisses

Com a Boca na Botija

Monstrolândia

Rota 69

Folias em Bagdá

Bo Cage