Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

Known for DirectingBorn 1918-11-05Died 2007-02-08Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema

Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora

O Vigilante

O Cangaceiro do Diabo

Maria... Sempre Maria

Com a Cama na Cabeça

Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth

As Tranças de Maria

Rastros na Areia

The Beauties of Billings

Macabre Dr. Scivano

Devil Nymphs

The Red Light Bandit

My Destiny is in Your Hands

The Margin

The Inheritance

19 Mulheres e 1 Homem

As Mulheres do Sexo Violento

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Mister Power

The Option

Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas

The Awakening of the Beast

My Name Is Tonho

Joe Zero

Trilogy of Terror

A Visita do Velho Senhor

Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas

Caçada Sangrenta

The Nun and the Torture

Desejos Sexuais de Elza

A Noite do Desejo

Candeias: Um Ser do seu Tempo

Tambaú

The Good Cinema

Ozu Piroclástico

Rua do Triumpho - O Filme

Soberano

O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias

Cinemateca Brasileira

A América do Sul

Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

Lady Vaselina

Boca Aberta

Boca Macia

Desejo Violento

O Candinho