Person

Zelito Viana

Directing · Born 1938-05-05 · Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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

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  Chico Anysio Show

  Director

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  Chico Total

  Director

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  Choque Cultural

  Writer

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  A Arte existe porque a vida não basta

  Director

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  Viva Marília

  Director

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  Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

  Self

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  Antonio das Mortes

  Executive Producer

• Sedução

  Director

• Imagens da História

  Director

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  Cacaso

  Self

• 2026Viva MaríliaDirector
• 2026Mestre ZuDirector
• 2025Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um PersonagemSelf
• 2024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”Self
• 2023Roberto Farias - Memórias de um CineastaSelf
• 2022Da Terra dos Índios aos Índios Sem TerraDirector
• 2016A Arte existe porque a vida não bastaDirector
• 2016Cinema NovoSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2016CacasoSelf
• 2013Dossiê JangoSelf
• 2012Drumming Beat of the StarsProducer
• 2012Sons da EsperançaEditor
• 2010Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the OppressedSelf
• 2009Bela Noite Para VoarDirector
• 2008MilagrezSelf
• 2006Chico Anysio É
• 2006Depois do TranseSelf
• 2005Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 QuadrosWriter
• 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf / Interviewee
• 2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of PassionDirector
• 1997DibSelf
• 1995Imagens da HistóriaDirector
• 1994Rio's Love SongProducer
• 1991Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
• 1985Avaete, Seed of RevengeDirector
• 1984Twenty Years LaterProducer
• 1982The Secret of the MummyExecutive Producer
• 1982Chico Anysio ShowDirector
• 1981Chico Anísio Ao Vivo no Carnegie HallDirector
• 1981Chico TotalDirector
• 1979Terra dos ÍndiosDirector
• 1978Por Trás das Câmeras (II)Producer
• 1977Morte e Vida SeverinaWriter
• 1977Choque CulturalWriter
• 1976A Lost WomanExecutive Producer
• 1974Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do NordesteDirector
• 1974Os CondenadosDirector
• 1973Rodovia Belém - BrasíliaDirector
• 1972When Carnaval ComesExecutive Producer
• 1972CâncerDr. Zelito
• 1971O Doce Esporte do SexoDirector
• 1970Minha NamoradaDirector
• 1969Antonio das MortesExecutive Producer
• 1968The Man Who Bought the WorldWriter
• 1968Fantasia para Ator e TVProducer
• 1967Entranced EarthExecutive Producer
• 1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema NovoSelf
• 1966The Big CityProducer
• 1966Maranhão 66Producer
• —SeduçãoDirector