Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

Directing·Nov 5, 1918·Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil

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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.

Film	Credit
Tambaú2025 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Cinemateca Brasileira1993 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
O Vigilante1992 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
A América do Sul1992 · Director	Director
Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô1992 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Lady Vaselina1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Mister Power1989 · Director	Director
The Beauties of Billings1987 · Actor, Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay
The Nun and the Torture1984 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
MManelão, o Caçador de Orelhas1982 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Option1981 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Bocadolixocinema1976 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
As Mulheres do Sexo Violento1976 · Director	Director
A Visita do Velho Senhor1976 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
O Candinho1976 · Director	Director
Caçada Sangrenta1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Joe Zero1974 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
O Desconhecido1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/711971 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/701971 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Inheritance1970 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
My Name Is Tonho1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Trilogy of Terror1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Margin1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Polícia Feminina1960 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer