Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

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 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 co…

Directed

1. The Margin (1967) — Director
2. Joe Zero (1974) — Director
3. Trilogy of Terror (1968) — Director
4. The Nun and the Torture (1984) — Director
5. My Name Is Tonho (1969) — Director
6. The Option (1981) — Director
7. The Inheritance (1970) — Director
8. Caçada Sangrenta (1974) — Director
9. Manelão, o Caçador de Orelhas (1982) — Director
10. O Vigilante (1992) — Director
11. The Beauties of Billings (1987) — Director
12. A Visita do Velho Senhor (1976) — Director
13. Mister Power (1989) — Director
14. As Mulheres do Sexo Violento (1976) — Director
15. Cinemateca Brasileira (1993) — Director
16. Tambaú (2025) — Director
17. O Desconhecido (1972) — Director
18. Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1970/71 (1971) — Director
19. A América do Sul (1992) — Director
20. Uma Rua Chamada Triumpho 1969/70 (1971) — Director
21. O Candinho (1976) — Director
22. Bocadolixocinema (1976) — Director
23. Bastidores das Filmagens de um Pornô (1992) — Director
24. Lady Vaselina (1990) — Director
25. Polícia Feminina (1960) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Red Light Bandit (1968) — Criminoso da Praça da República
2. The Awakening of the Beast (1970)
3. Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas (1972)
4. Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth (1970)
5. 19 Mulheres e 1 Homem (1977)
6. Macabre Dr. Scivano (1971)
7. Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema (2013) — Himself (archive footage)
8. Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora (2003)
9. The Beauties of Billings (1987)
10. The Good Cinema (2021) — Self
11. Soberano (2005) — Self (archive footage)
12. A América do Sul (1992) — Self
13. Rua do Triumpho - O Filme (2015)
14. Boca Aberta (1985)
15. O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias (1994)
16. Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991)
17. Ozu Piroclástico (2020)
18. Candeias: Um Ser do seu Tempo (2025)