Person Details

Birthday: 1918-11-05 09:19:52

Death: 2007-02-08 09:19:52

Aliases: Ozualdo R. Candeias

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil

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Movie Involvements: 70

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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 sargent 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.

Most Famous Work

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
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7

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

(1964) Assistant Director
The Nun and the Torture
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4

The Nun and the Torture

(1984) Writer
Bastidores Das Filmagens De Um Pornô
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0
Trilogy of Terror
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6

Trilogy of Terror

(1968) Director
The Option
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6

The Option

(1981) Screenplay
The Margin
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7

The Margin

(1967) Writer
Com a Cama na Cabeça
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10

Com a Cama na Cabeça

(1972) Director of Photography
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento
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0

Acting

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Supervising Technical Director
1984 Cinematography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Directing

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 Director of Photography
1992 Director of Photography
1988 Director of Photography
1987 Director of Photography
1982 Director of Photography
Director of Photography
1981 Director of Photography
1974 Director of Photography
1973 Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
1972 Director of Photography
1970 Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1970 Production Design
Year Role Movie/Tv

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