Júlio Bressane

Júlio Bressane

Known for
Directing
Born
February 13, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography

Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo (Rio de Janeiro, February 13, 1946 ) is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer. A representative of the Brazilian Cinema Marginal, he began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr., in 1965. In 1967, Bressane debuted as director with Face to Face, being selected for the Festival of Brasilia. In 1970, he founded Belair Movies in company with fellow filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla. They chose a model of making films and low-cost production and thereby managed to run six feature films in just six months. He came into exile in London in the early 1970s, but returned to Brazil several years later and made one film after another, using slapstick and debauchery as its main features. An acclaimed film of this period was the provocative Tabu, released in 1982. Critics consider Bressane the most scholarly of the Brazilian film directors, and his work is notable for the diversity of its narrative language. Another feature of his filmography is the comprehensive approach to historical and literary characters. He is also noted by his low-budget, short-time shootings, with an average of 11 to 14 days to make and edit a film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Júlio Bressane licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Phantom of the Opera poster

Phantom of the Opera

Movie · Director

2026
Pitico: Hermes Ayres Azevedo (1881-1959) - Local Historian poster

Pitico: Hermes Ayres Azevedo (1881-1959) - Local Historian

Movie · Director

2024
Flashes of Critiques Metaphysical Murmurs poster

Flashes of Critiques Metaphysical Murmurs

Movie · Director

2023
Capitu and the Chapter poster

Capitu and the Chapter

Movie · Director

2023
Rudder of Destiny poster

Rudder of Destiny

Movie · Director

2023
Ideogram poster

Ideogram

Movie · Director

2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Movie · Director

2019
Nietzsche Sils Maria Rochedo de Surlej poster

Nietzsche Sils Maria Rochedo de Surlej

Movie · Director

2018
Seduction of the Flesh poster

Seduction of the Flesh

Movie · Director

2016
Beduíno poster

Beduíno

Movie · Director

2015
Kid poster

Kid

Movie · Director

2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie · Director

2013
Sentimental Education poster

Sentimental Education

Movie · Director

2012
Drumming Beat of the Stars poster

Drumming Beat of the Stars

Movie · Director

2012
Aperana Street 52 poster

Aperana Street 52

Movie · Director

2009
The Herb of the Rat poster

The Herb of the Rat

Movie · Director

2007
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

Movie · Director

2007
Ver Viver Reviver poster

Ver Viver Reviver

Movie · Director

2007
Passagem em Ferrara poster

Passagem em Ferrara

Movie · Director

2004
Nietzsche em Nice poster

Nietzsche em Nice

Movie · Director

2003
A Love Movie poster

A Love Movie

Movie · Director

2002
Days of Nietzsche in Turin poster

Days of Nietzsche in Turin

Movie · Director

2002
Terra incógnita poster

Terra incógnita

Movie · Director

1999
São Jerônimo poster

São Jerônimo

Movie · Director

1997
Miramar poster

Miramar

Movie · Director

1995
The Mandarin poster

The Mandarin

Movie · Director

1994
Maria Bethânia: As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim - Ao Vivo poster

Maria Bethânia: As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim - Ao Vivo

Movie · Director

1994
Maria Bethânia - As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim poster

Maria Bethânia - As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim

Movie · Director

1993
O cinema do cinema – Criação e recriação da imagem no filme cinematográfico poster

O cinema do cinema – Criação e recriação da imagem no filme cinematográfico

Movie · Director

1993
Dark Galaxy poster

Dark Galaxy

Movie · Director

1993
Antonioni and Hitchcock - The Image on the Run poster

Antonioni and Hitchcock - The Image on the Run

Movie · Director

1992
Quem Seria o Feliz Conviva de Isadora Duncan? poster

Quem Seria o Feliz Conviva de Isadora Duncan?

Movie · Director

1992
Oswaldianas poster

Oswaldianas

Movie · Director

1992
Galáxia Albina poster

Galáxia Albina

Movie · Director

1989
Sermões poster

Sermões

Movie · Director

1987
Sob o céu, sob o sol, Salvador poster

Sob o céu, sob o sol, Salvador

Movie · Director

1985
Brás Cubas poster

Brás Cubas

Movie · Director

1983
Tabu poster

Tabu

Movie · Director

1980
The Giant of America poster

The Giant of America

Movie · Director

1979
Naive Cinema poster

Naive Cinema

Movie · Director

1979
Cidade pagã poster

Cidade pagã

Movie · Director

1976
The Agony poster

The Agony

Movie · Director

1975
King of the Cards poster

King of the Cards

Movie · Director

1975
Chinese Viola poster

Chinese Viola

Movie · Director

1975
O Monstro Caraíba poster

O Monstro Caraíba

Movie · Director

1972
A Fada do Oriente poster

A Fada do Oriente

Movie · Director

1972
Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil poster

Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil

Movie · Director

1971
Crazy Love poster

Crazy Love

Movie · Director

1971
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes poster

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Movie · Director

1970
The Rowdy Family poster

The Rowdy Family

Movie · Director

1970
Baron Olavo, The Horrible poster

Baron Olavo, The Horrible

Movie · Director

1970
Watch Out, Madame poster

Watch Out, Madame

Movie · Director

1969
The Angel Was Born poster

The Angel Was Born

Movie · Director

1969
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies poster

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

Movie · Director

1967
Face to Face poster

Face to Face

Movie · Director

1966
Plantation Boy poster

Plantation Boy

Movie · Assistant Director

1966
Lima Barreto: Trajetória poster

Lima Barreto: Trajetória

Movie · Director

1966
Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show poster

Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show

Movie · Director

1959
Tempo Perdido

Tempo Perdido

Movie · Director