Person

José Celso Martinez Corrêa

Acting · 1937–2023 · Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

José Celso Martinez Corrêa (Araraquara, March 30, 1937 – São Paulo, July 6, 2023), known as Zé Celso, was a Brazilian director, actor, playwright and director. Working − whether directing, adapting, or actually in collaboration − with names ranging from Augusto Boal, Henriette Morineau, Fernanda Montenegro, Sérgio Britto, Raul Cortez, Bete Coelho and Flávio Império to Chico Buarque, William Shakespeare, Nelson Rodrigues, Max Frisch, Bertolt Brecht and Máximo Gorki, Zé Celso built one of the most original journeys on Brazilian stages.

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  Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage

  Himself

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  Os Sertões: O Homem II — da Re-volta ao Trans-homem

  Writer

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  Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

  Self

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  Os Sertões: A Luta II - Do Desmassacre ao Reinício

  Director

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  Ralé: The Lower Depths

  Ded

• A Caminho das Índias

  1982

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  Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação

  Self

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  Tropicália

  Self (archive footage)

• Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy

  Himself

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  Fédro

  2021

• 2026Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
• 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
• 2022Em Cena – A Arte da InterpretaçãoSelf
• 2021CafiSelf
• 2021A(u)tores
• 2021Fédro
• 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro OficinaSelf
• 2020Nas Asas da Pan AmHimself
• 2020Race AntennaSelf
• 2020Salve o Prazer!Self
• 2019HorácioHorácio
• 2017How Do You See Me?
• 2017Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
• 2017Tropicália: 50 AnosSelf (archive footage)
• 2017SaudadeSelf
• 2017Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos PalcosSelf
• 2017Macumba Antropofaga
• 2017The Clove and The RoseSelf
• 2016PitangaSelf
• 2016Ralé: The Lower DepthsDed
• 2015Zé Celso: Tupy or not TupyHimself
• 2012Satyrianas – 78 horas em 78 minutos
• 2012TropicáliaSelf (archive footage)
• 2012Pela Desordem Natural das CoisasSelf
• 2011Evoé: Portrait of an AnthropophageHimself
• 2010Zé[s]
• 2009Travessia
• 2009Palavra (En)CantadaSelf
• 2009Diário De AquárioSelf
• 2008A Paz é Dourada
• 2008Embodiment of EvilMistificador
• 2008MilagrezSelf
• 2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta PrincipalSelf
• 2007The Milky Way
• 2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
• 2006Os Sertões: A Luta II - Do Desmassacre ao ReinícioDirector
• 2005Os Sertões: A Luta IWriter
• 2005Dry MovieMeu Velho
• 2005The Peddler's BackpackSelf
• 2003Os Sertões: O Homem II — da Re-volta ao Trans-homemWriter
• 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf
• 2003Os Sertões: O Homem I — do Pré-homem à RevoltaDirector
• 2002Os Sertões - A Terra
• 2002LaraVendedor
• 1999Boca de OuroDentista
• 1988Hunting SeasonSelf
• 1987Vianinha
• 1986Infinita TropicáliaSelf
• 1982A Caminho das Índias
• 1982The King of the CandleDirector
• 1980FênixSelf
• 197725Director
• 1976A$$untina of the Amerikas
• 1975O partoDirector
• 1974Um Homem Célebre
• 1972Semana de Arte Modernahimself
• 1972Prata PalomaresWriter
• 1970The Awakening of the Beast
• 1969América do Sexo(segment "Colagem")