Biography
Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo (Rio de Janeiro, February 13, 1946 ) is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer. A representative of the Brazilian Cinema Marginal, he began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr., in 1965. In 1967, Bressane debuted as director with Face to Face, being selected for the Festival of Brasilia. In 1970, he founded Belair Movies in company with fellow filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla. They chose a model of making films and low-cost production and thereby managed to run six feature films in just six months. He came into exile in London in the early 1970s, but returned to Brazil several years later and made one film after another, using slapstick and debauchery as its main features. An acclaimed film of this period was the provocative Tabu, released in 1982. Critics consider Bressane the most scholarly of the Brazilian film directors, and his work is notable for the diversity of its narrative language. Another feature of his filmography is the comprehensive approach to historical and literary characters. He is also noted by his low-budget, short-time shootings, with an average of 11 to 14 days to make and edit a film. Description above from the W…
Directed
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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1969) — Director
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A Love Movie (2003) — Director
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Days of Nietzsche in Turin (2002) — Director
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
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Tabu (1983) — Director
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The Angel Was Born (1969) — Director
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Cleopatra (2007) — Director
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The Herb of the Rat (2009) — Director
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Kid (2015) — Director
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Face to Face (1967) — Director
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Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes (1971) — Director
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Capitu and the Chapter (2023) — Director
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Sentimental Education (2013) — Director
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Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil (1972) — Director
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Sermões (1989) — Director
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Beduíno (2016) — Director
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Seduction of the Flesh (2018) — Director
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The Agony (1976) — Director
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Baron Olavo, The Horrible (1970) — Director
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Watch Out, Madame (1970) — Director
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Chinese Viola (1975) — Director
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Crazy Love (1971) — Director
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São Jerônimo (1999) — Director
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King of the Cards (1975) — Director
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The Hullabaloo Family (1970) — Director
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Naive Cinema (1979) — Director
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Miramar (1997) — Director
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Aperana Street 52 (2012) — Director
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The Giant of America (1980) — Director
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The Mandarin (1995) — Director
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Rudder of Destiny (2023) — Director
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Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show (1966) — Director
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023) — Director
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Brás Cubas (1985) — Director
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Ver Viver Reviver (2007) — Director
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Lima Barreto: Trajetória (1966) — Director
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A Fada do Oriente (1972) — Director
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Drumming Beat of the Stars (2012) — Director
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Ideogram (2023) — Director
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Oswaldianas (1992) — Director
Also appeared in
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Tabu (1983) — Self
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Sentimental Education (2013) — Self
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Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil (1972)
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The Agony (1976)
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Chinese Viola (1975) — Self
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About Cinema (2015) — Self
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Talking Cinema (1986)
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Naive Cinema (1979) — Reporter
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023) — Self
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A Miss e o Dinossauro (2005) — Himself (archive footage)
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Ver Viver Reviver (2007) — Self
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Horror Palace Hotel (1978) — Himself
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Brás Cubas (1985) — Film Director
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Dunas do Barato (2017) — Self (archive footage)
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The Queen of the Night (2023) — O Espectro
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A Mulher da Luz Própria (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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Drumming Beat of the Stars (2012)
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50 minutos e 23 segundos com Júlio Bressane (2000) — Self
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A Linguagem do Cinema (2001)
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
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Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23 (2023)
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Galáxia Albina (1992)
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Earth (2015)
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Avacalha e se Esculhamba (2010)
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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração (2014) — Self
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Nietzsche Sils Maria Rochedo de Surlej (2019)
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido (2009)
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Belair (2009)
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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália (1992) — Self
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Dark Galaxy (1993) — Self
- Il vento del cinema
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Nietzsche em Português (2023) — Self
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Phantom of the Opera (2026) — Self