Ivan Cardoso

Biography

Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho (Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 1st, 1952) is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker. Cardoso's early career is mainly associated with experimental short films such as 1971's "Nosferatu no Brasil' (Nosfaratu in Brazil), starring poet and songrwriter Torquato Neto, of whom Cardoso was a good friend. Though his work as an experimental filmmaker continued to develop in short films through a career that spans for over four decades, his most famous and recognizable feature-length movies are the ones that mix horror and comedy elements, described by Cardoso as "terrir" ("terror" + "rir", which is a word for "laugh" in Brazilian Portuguese). "As Sete Vampiras" (The Seven Vampire Ladies), "O Segredo da Múmia" (The Secret of the Mummy) and "Um Lobisomem na Amazônia" (A Werewolf in the Amazon Rainforest) are prominent films among Cardoso's terrir works. Documentaries on fellow Brazilian filmmakers, such as Glauber Rocha and José Mojica Marins, and on plastic artists such as avan-garte icon Helio Oiticica also figure among his filmography. He mantains channels in websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, where lots of his short films, from the most well-known to …

Directed

1. The Seven Vampires (1986) — Director
2. The Secret of the Mummy (1982) — Director
3. The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out (1985) — Director
4. A Werewolf in the Amazon (2005) — Director
5. Nosferato in Brazil (1970) — Director
6. HO (1979) — Director
7. The Scarlet Scorpion (1990) — Director
8. Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso (2013) — Director
9. A Marca do Terrir (2005) — Director
10. God's Sentence (1972) — Director
11. Gal Fa-Tal (1971) — Director
12. Rogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil (1991) — Director
13. Domingo de Ramos (1981) — Director
14. Hi-Fi (1999) — Director
15. Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy (2020) — Director
16. The Damned Lake (1978) — Director
17. Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll (1999) — Director
18. The Macabre Sarcophagus (2005) — Director
19. Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo (2021) — Director
20. At Midnight with Glauber Rocha (1997) — Director
21. A Brasa do Norte (2012) — Director
22. The Universe of Mojica Marins (1978) — Director
23. Moreira da Silva (1973) — Director
24. Nas Asas do Caixão (2012) — Director
25. Heliorama (2004) — Director
26. Chuva de Brotos (1972) — Director
27. Elvira Pagã Vai Se Acabar! (1971) — Director
28. O Conde Gostou da Coisa (1974) — Director
29. O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia (1995) — Director
30. Carícia Fatal (2007) — Director
31. Museu Goeldi (1974) — Director
32. A História do Olho (2013) — Director
33. Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália (1992) — Director
34. Ivampirismo - O Cinema em Pânico (1990) — Director
35. Ulisses (2012) — Director
36. A Normalista e o Anormal (2013) — Director
37. O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes (2013) — Director
38. Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto (2000) — Director
39. Com a Boca na Botija (2012) — Director
40. Ruínas do Murucutu (1976) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Star for Ioiô (2003) — Salesman
2. The Agony (1976)
3. The Mandarin (1995)
4. A Miss e o Dinossauro (2005) — Himself (archive footage)
5. Horror Palace Hotel (1978) — Himself
6. Dunas do Barato (2017) — Self
7. Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End (2017) — Self
8. Ivan, the TerrirBle (2020) — Self
9. 40 Years of Fantasporto (2021) — Self (archive footage)
10. Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! (2023)
11. Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz (2012)
12. Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy (2020) — Self
13. Chaos and Confusion (1997) — Figurante 2 no Festival de Gramado
14. Love on Uranus (2007) — Narrador
15. Canibais na HorrorCon (1997) — Self
16. O Fim da Picada (2009)
17. Sangue Marginal (2013)
18. A Vermelha Luz do Bandido (2009)
19. A Hora do Terrir (2007)
20. Carícia Fatal (2007)
21. Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto (2000)