Directing
Ivan Cardoso
PT, EN cinema · 72 credits
Born
1 October 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho
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 the most underground ones, are avaliable for free.
Known for
Filmography
40 Years of Fantasporto
as Self (archive footage)
Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo
Director, Writer
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
as Self, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Dunas do Barato
as Self
Go Back
Director
Astros em Rotação
Director, Producer, Writer
Nas Asas do Caixão
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
Ulisses
Director
Rota 69
Director
Monstrolândia
Director
Bo Cage
Director, Producer, Writer
Helioframes
Director
Love on Uranus
as Narrador
Carícia Fatal
Actor, Director
Hot Shot
Director, Director of Photography
A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Himself (archive footage), Camera Operator
The Macabre Sarcophagus
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Marca do Terrir
Director
Heliorama
Director of Photography, Director
A Star for Ioiô
as Salesman
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Actor, Director
Hi-Fi
Director
Chaos and Confusion
as Figurante 2 no Festival de Gramado
À Meia Noite com Glauber
1997
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
Director of Photography, Producer, Director
The Scarlet Scorpion
Director, Producer
The Seven Vampires
Director
The Secret of the Mummy
Director, Story
Domingo de Ramos
Director
The Seven Kittens
Still Photographer
The Giant of America
Assistant Director, Writer
HO
Director, Screenplay
Horror Palace Hotel
as Himself
O Universo de Mojica Marins
1978
The Universe of Mojica Marins
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Damned Lake
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
Dr Dyonélio
Director, Writer
The Abyss
Production Manager
The Agony
Actor, Production Manager
Museu Goeldi
Director
Moreira da Silva
Director, Producer
God's Sentence
Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Gal Fa-Tal
Director, Director of Photography
Nosferato in Brazil
Director
No Way, Spider
Assistant Director
Watch Out, Madame
Production Director