Gurcius Gewdner

Directing·Jul 30, 1982·Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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Gurcius Gewdner, born in 1982, screenwriter, editor and director, stood out early in the Brazilian underground with eschatological-dadaist anti-music performances with his group Os Legais, from the mid-90s onwards. Self-taught, but with an academic background in History, his interest in performance art and experimental music gave rise to the desire to make films, which were born parallel to his musical projects. A multi-faceted filmography: influenced by Christoph Shilingensief, Vera Shitlova, John Waters and the Kuchar brothers, he has several short and medium-length fiction films, including Texas Carlos Massacre (2021), Lieder Die Soldaten Morgen (2019), Bom Dia Carlos (2015, awarded at the Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, shown at Fifigrot, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Housecore Horror Festival, among others), Erivaldo: o Astronauta Místico (2013), Freddy Breck Ballet (2010) and Nosferatum (2003, awarded at Cine Esquema Novo). And two feature films that are revered worldwide: Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair (2017, an eschatological monster adventure shown on open TV, on Fantaspoa, Film Panic Presents, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Insólito Film Festival, among others) and Mamilos em Chamas (2008), which in 2024 was listed in the book "Cinema Degli Eccessi" by Andrea Guaia, as one of the 100 most shocking films in the history of cinema, alongside masterpieces of extreme cinema such as Saló, Pink Flamingos, Sweet Movie and Irreversible. Since 1998, Gurcius, in partnership with Petter Baiestorf, has been one of the central figures of Canibal Filmes, the most influential SOV production company of extreme cinema in Brazil, with films such as Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies (2013, shown in Sitges, BUT Film Festival, Rojo Sangre, among others), Ninguém Deve Morrer (2009) and the sequel to the cult classic O Monstro Legume do Espaço (1995/2007), a partnership of more than 30 films, including feature-length, medium-length and short films. With performer and director Ligia Marina/Juma Pariri and Colombian activist Margarita Rodriguez Weweli-Lukana, he has been producing a series of experimental indigenous short films, 5 to date, including Hot Air (2023, shown at Echoes Indigenous Film Festival, Māoriland Film Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, FICCI, Porn Film Festival Berlin, among others), Fôlego Vivo (2021) and Hasta El fin del Mundo (2018). In partnership with legendary photographer and filmmaker Ivan Cardoso, they created a collection of 24 films brought together in the feature film O Baccanal do Diabo (2013, shown in Rotterdam, Karlov Vary, among others) and the experimental O Colírio do Corman (2020). Together with editor Christian Caselli, he put together documentaries with intense archival research such as Ivan O TerriRvel (2019) and Serguei O Psicodélico (2016). He has acted in films such as Tongues of Fire (2024), Black Sea (2013), among others. In music, it is also worth mentioning prolific collaborations with L. Borgia Rosseti and Orquestra Zé Felipe. Parallel to all this, he has a filmography of documentaries about his own creative process, such as the feature film A Nau dos Foos (2021, with appearances by Roger Corman, Olaf Moller and Richard Stanley), Cavalo Marinho vem a Cavalo (2020), Banho Gostoso (2008) and O Triunvirato (2004).

Film	Credit
Tropical SOV: Bizarre Sci-fi Samba2026 · Voz - Segmento Cachoeira de Arroz, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Voz - Segmento Cachoeira de Arroz, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Bowels of Hell2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Trash Double2022 · Voyer, Director, Screenplay, Producer	Voyer, Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Invasão dos Canibais Independentes: editando, produzindo e trabalhando com a Canibal Filmes2022 · Host, Director, Writer	Host, Director, Writer
Texas Carlos Massacre2021 · Adventure Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director	Adventure Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
Symbolicus Vol. 12021 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Sete Gatos Para Calígula2021 · Calígula, Director, Writer	Calígula, Director, Writer
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus2021 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Seahorse comes on horseback2021 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lieder die Soldaten Morgen2019 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair2017 · Omar, Producer, Writer, Director	Omar, Producer, Writer, Director
Good Morning Carlos2015 · Director	Director
Lunch in the Grass2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Pressa de te amar2013 · The Running Man, Director, Screenplay	The Running Man, Director, Screenplay
Erivaldo, o Astronauta Místico2013 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
How to Irritate Hardcore Dandies2012 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Perdigotos da Discórdia2012 · Actor, Writer, Director	Actor, Writer, Director
O Fim do Mundo no Morrinho2012 · Director	Director
Freddy Breck Ballet2010 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Ten Years Without GG Allin2010 · Deliquent with glasses, Director, Screenplay	Deliquent with glasses, Director, Screenplay
Tatuada2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Eu Sou um Pequeno Panda2008 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Banho Gostoso: A Produção de Mamilos em Chamas2008 · Narrador, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Narrador, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Flaming Nipples2008 · Actor, Director, Producer, Writer	Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Tudo Começou quando Mamãe conheceu Papai2007 · Director	Director
Imaginary Friend2007 · Director	Director
New Year's Day2005 · Offender suporter, Director, Director of Photography	Offender suporter, Director, Director of Photography
The Population of Colonial Spanish America2004 · Roberto Maia, Director, Screenplay	Roberto Maia, Director, Screenplay
O Triunvirato2004 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Nosferatum2003 · Psychiatrist, Director, Screenplay, Producer	Psychiatrist, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Poluição dos Mares & Oceanos1996 · Monstro da Poluição, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Monstro da Poluição, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay