Ivan Cardoso

Birthday: 1952-10-01
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2021-10-12 Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo
2020-01-27 Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
2013-10-18 Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
2013-01-01 A Normalista e o Anormal
2013-01-01 O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
2012-10-18 Nas Asas do Caixão
2012-09-20 Ulisses
2012-01-01 Rota 69
2012-01-01 Folias em Bagdá
2012-01-01 Monstrolândia
2012-01-01 Com a Boca na Botija
2007-09-09 Carícia Fatal
2006-01-01 Hot Shot
2005-10-21 A Marca do Terrir
2005-09-30 A Werewolf in the Amazon
2005-01-01 The Macabre Sarcophagus
2004-01-03 Heliorama
2000-01-01 Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
1999-01-01 Hi-Fi
1999-01-01 Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll
1997-01-01 At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
1995-01-01 O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia
1992-01-01 Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
1991-06-04 Rogério Sganzerla manda recado ao Brasil
1990-02-01 The Scarlet Scorpion
1990-01-01 Ivampirismo - O Cinema em Pânico
1988-01-01 Go Back
1986-09-09 The Seven Vampires
1985-04-29 The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
1982-09-06 The Secret of the Mummy
1981-01-01 Domingo de Ramos
1979-01-01 HO
1978-10-25 The Damned Lake
1978-09-22 The Universe of Mojica Marins
1977-07-06 A História do Olho
1977-01-01 A Brasa do Norte
1976-01-01 Ruínas do Murucutu
1974-06-14 O Conde Gostou da Coisa
1974-01-01 Museu Goeldi
1973-01-01 Moreira da Silva
1972-01-01 God's Sentence
1972-01-01 Chuva de Brotos
1971-06-01 Gal Fa-Tal
1971-01-01 Elvira Pagã Vai Se Acabar!
1970-02-22 Nosferato in Brazil