João Callegaro
João CALLEGARO (1945, Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil) grew up with Rogério Sganzerla. In 1960, he moved to São Paulo, studying at the famed São Luís Superior School of Cinema and producing the shorts Alegria (1967) and O suspense, segundo Hitchcock (1968). At the same time, he was production director on The Naked Man (1968), directed by his São Luís professor, Roberto Santos.
With Carlos Reichenbach, he co-founded Boca do Lixo-based Xanadu Productions. Under this banner, they produced the omnibus As libertinas (1968) (Callegaro directed the third episode, Ana). Shortly after, Xanadu split and Callegaro went to work for Servicine with producers A.P. Galante and Alfredo Palácios, directing The Pornographer. A box-office hit, it became one of the key films of the first phase of Boca do Lixo and 'Cinema Marginal'.
Not being able to make a career in film, Callegaro went into advertising.
With Carlos Reichenbach, he co-founded Boca do Lixo-based Xanadu Productions. Under this banner, they produced the omnibus As libertinas (1968) (Callegaro directed the third episode, Ana). Shortly after, Xanadu split and Callegaro went to work for Servicine with producers A.P. Galante and Alfredo Palácios, directing The Pornographer. A box-office hit, it became one of the key films of the first phase of Boca do Lixo and 'Cinema Marginal'.
Not being able to make a career in film, Callegaro went into advertising.
Filmography
(selection) O pornógrafo/The Pornographer (1970)