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Aliases: Jean Garret , J.A. Nunes , José Antônio Nunes Gomes e Silva

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Açores, Portugal

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

José Antônio Gomes Nunes e Silva (1947–1996), better known as Jean Garrett, was a Portuguese-Brazilian actor, producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and occasional actor. A native from the archipelago of Açores, Portugal, he moved to Brazil to become one of the most well-known directors of the São Paulo exploitation production pole known as Boca do Lixo. Garrett is celebrated for his highly formalist directorial style, ability of mixing erotic appeal with bold themes, and successful approach to various genres. With a career that spanned for 20 years, with over 18 features, Garrett directed noir-esque police stories, thrillers, horror and disaster pictures. By the mid-to-late 1980s, when the Boca do Lixo started almost exclusively to produce explicit pornographic films, Garrett finished his filmmaking career after directing a series of explicit features under the screen credit of J.A. Nunes, a pseudonym that evoked his actual birth name. He died from a heart attack in 1996 – 10 years after his retirement from filmmaking.

Most Famous Work

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
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7

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

(1967) Assistant Director
Woman, Woman
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6

Woman, Woman

(1979) Writer
Hallucinating Orgasm
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0

Hallucinating Orgasm

(1985) Writer
Estranho Desejo
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4

Estranho Desejo

(1984) Director
Karina, Object of Passion
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4
Tchau, Amor
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0

Tchau, Amor

(1983) Writer
The Woman Who Invented Love
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5

The Woman Who Invented Love

(1979) Director
Extremes of Pleasure
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5

Extremes of Pleasure

(1984) Executive Producer

Acting

Directing

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Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1984 Executive Producer
1983 Producer
1982 Producer
1980 Producer
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Camera

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1979 Camera Operator
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