Directing
Gurcius Gewdner
PT, EN, DE cinema · 94 credits
Born
30 July 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Gurcius Gewdner, born in 1982, screenwriter, editor and director, stood out early in the Brazilian underground with eschatological-dadaist anti-music performances with his group Os Legais, from the mid-90s onwards. Self-taught, but with an academic background in History, his interest in performance art and experimental music gave rise to the desire to make films, which were born parallel to his musical projects. A multi-faceted filmography: influenced by Christoph Shilingensief, Vera Shitlova, John Waters and the Kuchar brothers, he has several short and medium-length fiction films, including Texas Carlos Massacre (2021), Lieder Die Soldaten Morgen (2019), Bom Dia Carlos (2015, awarded at the Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, shown at Fifigrot, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Housecore Horror Festival, among others), Erivaldo: o Astronauta Místico (2013), Freddy Breck Ballet (2010) and Nosferatum (2003, awarded at Cine Esquema Novo). And two feature films that are revered worldwide: Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair (2017, an eschatological monster adventure shown on open TV, on Fantaspoa, Film Panic Presents, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Insólito Film Festival, among others) and Mamilos em Chamas (2008), which in 2024 was listed in the book "Cinema Degli Eccessi" by Andrea Guaia, as one of the 100 most shocking films in the history of cinema, alongside masterpieces of extreme cinema such as Saló, Pink Flamingos, Sweet Movie and Irreversible. Since 1998, Gurcius, in partnership with Petter Baiestorf, has been one of the central figures of Canibal Filmes, the most influential SOV production company of extreme cinema in Brazil, with films such as Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies (2013, shown in Sitges, BUT Film Festival, Rojo Sangre, among others), Ninguém Deve Morrer (2009) and the sequel to the cult classic O Monstro Legume do Espaço (1995/2007), a partnership of more than 30 films, including feature-length, medium-length and short films. With performer and director Ligia Marina/Juma Pariri and Colombian activist Margarita Rodriguez Weweli-Lukana, he has been producing a series of experimental indigenous short films, 5 to date, including Hot Air (2023, shown at Echoes Indigenous Film Festival, Māoriland Film Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, FICCI, Porn Film Festival Berlin, among others), Fôlego Vivo (2021) and Hasta El fin del Mundo (2018). In partnership with legendary photographer and filmmaker Ivan Cardoso, they created a collection of 24 films brought together in the feature film O Baccanal do Diabo (2013, shown in Rotterdam, Karlov Vary, among others) and the experimental O Colírio do Corman (2020). Together with editor Christian Caselli, he put together documentaries with intense archival research such as Ivan O TerriRvel (2019) and Serguei O Psicodélico (2016). He has acted in films such as Tongues of Fire (2024), Black Sea (2013), among others. In music, it is also worth mentioning prolific collaborations with L. Borgia Rosseti and Orquestra Zé Felipe. Parallel to all this, he has a filmography of documentaries about his own creative process, such as the feature film A Nau dos Foos (2021, with appearances by Roger Corman, Olaf Moller and Richard Stanley), Cavalo Marinho vem a Cavalo (2020), Banho Gostoso (2008) and O Triunvirato (2004).
Known for
Filmography
Tropical SOV: Bizarre Sci-fi Samba
as Voz - Segmento Cachoeira de Arroz, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Camera Operator, Animation
Bowels of Hell
Director, Screenplay
Tropical SOV
as Voz do Rei Cocô - Segmento Viagem à Flora
Canibal Filmes em Um Minuto
as Ele mesmo
Mr. Baiestorf's Beach Party
as Gurcius
A Cool Day with Os Legais
as Self, Producer
Capivaras na Noite
as Ele mesmo
Pazukids - Edgar em Busca de Carlos na Ilha do Desarrêgo
Original Film Writer
Pe ataju jumali / Hot air
Editor, Associate Producer
A Invasão dos Canibais Independentes: editando, produzindo e trabalhando com a Canibal Filmes
as Host, Director, Writer, Editor
Trash Double
as Voyer, Director, Screenplay, Music, Producer, Editor
Sete Gatos Para Calígula
as Calígula, Director, Writer
Beck 137
Actor, Editor
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Songs
Texas Carlos Massacre
as Adventure Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
Seahorse comes on horseback
as Self, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Symbolicus Vol. 1
Actor, Director
Quarantine in the Empire - Isolation of the Famous
Editor, Screenplay, Producer
Living Breath
Editor, Producer
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
as Roger Corman's Voice (voice), Screenplay, Associate Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Music Coordinator
The Frightened President
as Mystic, Writer
Na cabeça de Baiestorf
as Mamilos da Pam Grier
Holyterror
Additional Photography
Lieder die Soldaten Morgen
Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director
Until the end of the world
Producer, Editor, Musical Casting
Quem é Gurcius Gewdner?
Actor, Music
Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair
as Omar, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
Nham-Nham, A Criatura
as Nham-Nham (Voice), Vocals
Uptake Fear
Editor, Second Unit Director, Producer
Good Morning Carlos
Director
Lunch in the Grass
Writer, Director
Dark Sea
as Bar Man
Zombio 2
as Pastor Davi, Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Sangue Marginal
Actor, Cinematography
Pressa de te amar
as The Running Man, Director, Animation, Screenplay
Erivaldo, o Astronauta Místico
Writer, Producer, Music, Cinematography, Editor, Director
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
Writer, Editor, Music Coordinator
Crazy Rally
Writer, Editor
A Normalista e o Anormal
Editor, Music Consultant
A História do Olho
Editor, Music Consultant
Perdigotos da Discórdia
Actor, Director, Writer
Monstrolândia
as Russian on the beach, Editor, Associate Producer
Nas Asas do Caixão
Associate Producer, Editor
O Terno do Zé
Set Decoration
How to Irritate Hardcore Dandies
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Life and Death of Reincarnation by Gurcius Gewdner
as Self, Archival Footage Research
Gurcius Gewdner Show
as The Boss
Ten Years Without GG Allin
as Deliquent with glasses, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Freddy Breck Ballet
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The Sweet Advance of the Knife
Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Nobody Must Die
as Ninguém, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Daddy Mangy
Associate Producer, Editor
Tatuada
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay
Banho Gostoso: A Produção de Mamilos em Chamas
as Narrador, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
The Whore with the Chainsaw
as Demented Editor, Executive Producer, Editor
Flaming Nipples
Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Homens & Algas
Producer, Editor
Guidable: The Real History of Ratos de Porão
Production Assistant
Eu Sou um Pequeno Panda
Director, Editor, Script, Director of Photography, Writer
Arrombada - I'll Piss On Your Fucking Grave!!!
as Médico de sua família, Editor, Producer
Manifesto Canibal - How to Make Movies in Times of Crisis and Chaos
as Self, Associate Producer, Editor
The Noble Bloodsucker Politician
as Rich Filmaker, Associate Producer, Editor
Love on Uranus
Editor, Associate Producer
3 Cortes
Actor
The Leguminous Monster from Outer Space 2
Associate Producer, Editor
The Enjoyment of the Avacalho
Associate Producer, Editor
Dead Human Collection
as Dead Gurcius
New Year's Day
as Offender suporter, Director, Director of Photography, Music Coordinator, Writers' Assistant
Sad Clown
Editor, Music Co-Supervisor
O Triunvirato
as Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Music, Director
The Population of Colonial Spanish America
as Roberto Maia, Director, Screenplay, Music Score Producer
Atomic Beer
as Pastor, Editor
Nosferatum
as Psychiatrist, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Poluição dos Mares & Oceanos
as Monstro da Poluição, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
