Zelito Viana

DirectorActorProducerEditorWriter May 5 (age 87) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil 1966–2025 (59 year career)

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Biography

José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.

Known For

Film

Twenty Years Later

Producer

Film

Entranced Earth

Executive Producer

Film

Antonio das Mortes

Executive Producer

Film

Cinema Novo

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Film

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Self

Film

Maranhão 66

Producer

Film

Bela Noite Para Voar

Director

Film

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Director

Filmography

Acting (14)

Movies (13)

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”

2024

as Self

Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta

as Self

Cacaso

as Self

Cinema Novo

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

6.7

Dossiê Jango

2013

as Self

7.0

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed

2010

as Self

7.0

Milagrez

2008

as Self

Chico Anysio É

2006

Depois do Transe

2006

as Self

2.0

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

2003

as Self / Interviewee

5.8

Dib

1997

as Self

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

1991

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

1967

as Self

7.5

Television (1)

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem

2025

as Self

8.0

Crew (50)

Movies (47)

Viva Marília

2025

Director

Da Terra dos Índios aos Índios Sem Terra

2022

Director

A Arte existe porque a vida não basta

2016

Director

Drumming Beat of the Stars

2012

Producer

5.0

Sons da Esperança

2012

Director

Sons da Esperança

2012

Editor

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed

Director

Bela Noite Para Voar

Director

Bela Noite Para Voar

Screenplay

Chico Anysio É

Director

Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros

2005

Director

Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros

2005

Writer

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

2000

Director

5.8

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Screenplay

Rio's Love Song

Producer

Avaete, Seed of Revenge

1985

Director

4.6

Avaete, Seed of Revenge

Writer

Twenty Years Later

Producer

The Secret of the Mummy

1982

Executive Producer

4.3

Chico Anísio Ao Vivo no Carnegie Hall

1981

Director

Terra dos Índios

1979

Director

Terra dos Índios

1979

Producer

Terra dos Índios

1979

Writer

Por Trás das Câmeras (II)

1978

Producer

Morte e Vida Severina

1977

Director

6.6

Morte e Vida Severina

Writer

Choque Cultural

Director

Choque Cultural

Writer

A Lost Woman

Executive Producer

Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste

1974

Director

Os Condenados

Director

Os Condenados

Screenplay

Rodovia Belém - Brasília

Director

When Carnaval Comes

Executive Producer

O Doce Esporte do Sexo

1971

Director

5.0

O Doce Esporte do Sexo

Writer

Minha Namorada

Director

Minha Namorada

Producer

Minha Namorada

Writer

Antonio das Mortes

Executive Producer

Fantasia para Ator e TV

1968

Producer

The Man Who Bought the World

Writer

Entranced Earth

Executive Producer

The Big City

Producer

Maranhão 66

Producer

Sedução

Director

Mestre Zu

Director

Television (3)

Imagens da História

1995

Director

Chico Anysio Show

Director

Chico Total

Director