Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
Ozualdo Ribeiro CANDEIAS (1922-2007) worked as a chauffeur, a truck driver and at other odd jobs until, in the early 1950s, he purchased a 16mm camera and began to school himself in film production. He emerged with a first docu-short, Tambaú, a cidade dos Milagres (1955), while frequenting The São Paulo Art Museum Seminar on Cinema. Shortly afterwards, he worked as a technical assistant and freelance director of institutional films and newsreels.
In 1967, he made a low-budget feature, The Margin, largely by himself, challenging the known paradigms of Brazilian film production. The equally experimental and unique My Name Is Tonho (1969) and The Inheritance (1970) followed. Increasingly unable to finance such projects himself, Candeias turned to production jobs and acting in order to stay afloat. In 1981, he returned to feature filmmaking with The Option, garnering a Bronze Leopard in Locarno. A prolific photographer, he also amply documented the Boca do Lixo neighborhood of São Paulo where he lived.
In 1967, he made a low-budget feature, The Margin, largely by himself, challenging the known paradigms of Brazilian film production. The equally experimental and unique My Name Is Tonho (1969) and The Inheritance (1970) followed. Increasingly unable to finance such projects himself, Candeias turned to production jobs and acting in order to stay afloat. In 1981, he returned to feature filmmaking with The Option, garnering a Bronze Leopard in Locarno. A prolific photographer, he also amply documented the Boca do Lixo neighborhood of São Paulo where he lived.
Filmography
(selection) A margem/The Margin (1967), Trilogia de terror (1968), Meu nome é Tonho (1969), A herança (1970), Uma rua chamada triumpho (1969-1970)/A Street Called Triumph (1969-1970) (1970, short), Uma rua chamada triumpho (1970-1971)/A Street Called Triumph (1970-1971) (1971, short), Zézero (1974, short), Caçada sangrenta (1974), Festa na Boca/Party at the Boca (1976, short), A opção (ou: As rosas da estrada) (1981), Manelão, o caçador de orelhas (1982), A freira e a tortura (1983), As belas da billings (1987), O vigilante (1992)