Ivan Cardoso
Known for: Directing
Born: October 1, 1952
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
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Filmography
72 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
NR
Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo
2021
5.0
40 Years of Fantasporto
2021
1.0
Ivan, the TerrirBle
2020
10.0
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
2020
5.5
Dunas do Barato
2017
8.0
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
2017
5.0
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
2013
NR
Astros em Rotação
2013
NR
Sangue Marginal
2013
NR
A História do Olho
2013
NR
Go Back
2013
NR
A Normalista e o Anormal
2013
NR
O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
2013
NR
Nas Asas do Caixão
2012
NR
Ulisses
2012
NR
Bo Cage
2012
3.5
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
2012
NR
A Brasa do Norte
2012
NR
Rota 69
2012
NR
Folias em Bagdá
2012
NR
Com a Boca na Botija
2012
NR
Monstrolândia
2012
NR
Helioframes
2010
NR
O Fim da Picada
2009
NR
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
2009
NR
A Hora do Terrir
2007
NR
Carícia Fatal
2007
NR
Love on Uranus
2007
NR
Hot Shot
2006
4.3
A Marca do Terrir
2005
4.6
A Werewolf in the Amazon
2005
5.0
A Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
NR
The Macabre Sarcophagus
2005
NR
Heliorama
2004
9.3
A Star for Ioiô
2003
NR
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
2000
5.0
Hi-Fi
1999
10.0
Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll
1999
NR
Chaos and Confusion
1997
NR
Canibais na HorrorCon
1997NR
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
1997
4.8
The Mandarin
1995
NR
O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia
1995
NR
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
1992
6.0
Rogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil
1991
5.0
The Scarlet Scorpion
1990
NR
Ivampirismo - O Cinema em Pânico
1990
5.0
The Seven Vampires
1986
6.0
The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
1985
4.6
The Secret of the Mummy
1982
9.0
Domingo de Ramos
1981
5.6
The Giant of America
1980
6.1
The Seven Kittens
1980
5.2
HO
1979
5.0
The Damned Lake
1978NR
The Universe of Mojica Marins
1978
6.0
Horror Palace Hotel
1978
NR
Dr Dyonélio
1978
7.5
The Abyss
1977
7.8
The Agony
1976
NR
Ruínas do Murucutu
1976
NR
O Conde Gostou da Coisa
1974
NR
Museu Goeldi
1974
NR
Moreira da Silva
1973
1.0
God's Sentence
1972
NR
Chuva de Brotos
1972
6.0
Gal Fa-Tal
1971
NR
Elvira Pagã Vai Se Acabar!
1971
6.4
No Way, Spider
1970
4.0
Nosferato in Brazil
1970
6.3
Watch Out, Madame
1970