- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Died
- January 9, 2004
Rogério Sganzerla
Rogério Sganzerla (1946 — 2004) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main names of the Cinema de Invenção (or Cinema Marginal) underground movement. Influenced by Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and José Mojica Marins, Sganzerla often used clichés from film noir and pornochanchadas. Irony, narrative subversion and collage were trademarks of his film aesthetics. Sganzerla was born in Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina, but moved with his family to São Paulo at a very young age, living there for most of his life. During the 1960s he wrote for the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo" ("The State of S. Paulo") as film critic, quickly being recognised as a young talent. In 1967, Sganzerla directed his first short film, "Documentário" ("Documentary"), winning an award at the JB-Mesbla 16mm Festival. "Documentário" was quickly followed up by his first feature-length film in 1968, "O Band…
Filmography
movieIdentidade
2026 · Rogério Sganzerla (Imagens de Arquivo)
movieThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
movieThe Good Cinema
2021 · Self
movieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieIvan, the TerrirBle
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieExtracts
2019 · , Director of Photography
movieA Mulher da Luz Própria
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Calendar Girl
2018 · Screenplay
movieDunas do Barato
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Self
movieCopacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieMr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
2012
movieLight in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012 · Story, Writer
movieBelair
2009
Rogério Sganzerla e Sylvio Renoldi sobre "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha"
movieRogério Sganzerla e Sylvio Renoldi sobre "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha"
2006
movieA Marca do Terrir
2005 · Self
movieA Miss e o Dinossauro
2005 · Himself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off), Camera Operator
movieThe Sign of Chaos
2003 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
movieGlauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Self
movieInformação H. J. Koellreutter
2003 · Director
O Galante Rei da Boca
movieO Galante Rei da Boca
2003 · Himself
movieReinvenção da Rua
2003 · Camera Operator, Editor
movieB2
2001 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieIt's All Brazil
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
movieIt's All True
1993 · Assistant Director
movieOswaldianas
1992 · Director
moviePerigo Negro
1992 · Director
movieTorquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
1992 · Self
movieAmérica: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio
1992 · Director
movieRogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil
1991 · Himself
movieAnônimo e incomum
1990 · Director
movieIsto é Noel Rosa
1990 · Director, Writer
movieWelles' Language
1990 · Self, Director
movieIt's Not All True
1986 · Director, Writer
movieRitos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil
1986 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieIrani
1983 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieBrasil
1981 · Director, Producer, Editor
movieNoel por Noel
1981 · , Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
movieA Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia)
1981 · Director, Writer, Editor
Um Sorriso Por Favor: O Mundo Gráfico de Goeldi
movieUm Sorriso Por Favor: O Mundo Gráfico de Goeldi
1981 · Editor
The Universe of Mojica Marins
movieThe Universe of Mojica Marins
1978 · Self
movieHorror Palace Hotel
1978 · Himself
movieThe Abyss
1977 · Director, Editor, Producer, Costume Design, Screenplay, Music Supervisor
movieTravel and Description of the Guanabara River on the Occasion of Antarctic France
1977 · Director
movieThe Werewolf: A Midnight Terror
1975 · Cinematography
movieAudácia!
1970
movieBaron Olavo, The Horrible
1970 · Producer
movieThe Hullabaloo Family
1970 · Producer
movieNo Way, Spider
1970 · Director, Writer, Editor
Carnaval na Lama
movieCarnaval na Lama
1970 · Director, Writer, Sound
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Music
movieThe Monsters of Babaloo
1970 · Cinematography
movieWatch Out, Madame
1970 · Producer
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969 · Director, Costume Design, Producer, Production Design, Writer
movieGarden of War
1969 · Additional Writing
movieQuadrinhos no Brasil
1969 · Director, Writer
movieComics
1969 · Director, Music
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968 · Man in the theater (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
movieThe Interview
1966 · Editor
movieEye for an Eye
1966 · Editor
movieDocumentário
1966 · Editor, Writer, Director, Sound, Producer
movieO Pedestre
1966 · Editor