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Ivan Cardoso
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.
As director
Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
A História do Olho
Go Back
A Normalista e o Anormal
O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
Astros em Rotação
A Brasa do Norte
Nas Asas do Caixão
Ulisses
Rota 69
Folias em Bagdá
Com a Boca na Botija
Monstrolândia
Bo Cage
Helioframes
Carícia Fatal
Hot Shot
A Werewolf in the Amazon
The Macabre Sarcophagus
A Marca do Terrir
Heliorama
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Hi-Fi
Raul Seixas – Sexo, Drogas & Rock 'n' Roll
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Rogério Sganzerla Send His Message to Brazil
As actor
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
40 Years of Fantasporto
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Dunas do Barato
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Sangue Marginal
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
O Fim da Picada
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Love on Uranus
A Hora do Terrir
Carícia Fatal
A Miss e o Dinossauro
A Star for Ioiô
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Chaos and Confusion
Canibais na HorrorCon
The Mandarin
Horror Palace Hotel
The Agony