About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1981-11-14
Place of birth:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website:
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João Cândido Zacharias

Overview

João Cândido Zacharias (Rio de Janeiro, 1981) is a director and screenwriter. His short film Sandra Calling (2017) won the Felix Award at the Rio Film Festival and was selected to festivals in Brazil, Europe and the US. His following short, The Last Romantics (2019), screened in over 35 film festivals around the globe. He has recently directed his first feature, the queer horror A Herança (Birthright).

His main focus of interest is genre cinema, ranging all scope from horror to thriller, action, crime and fantasy. As an LGBTQIAPN+ person, he is also very interested in portraying characters from that community and addressing, in cinematic and narrative ways, issues and themes regarding them.

Known for

Acting

1971 Linguinha Actor Cientista Louco N/A
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Directing

2024 Birthright Directing Director N/A
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2019 The Last Romantics Directing Director 58
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2017 Sandra Calling Directing Director 58
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2007 OK Directing Assistant Director 58
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Writing

2024 Birthright Writing Writer N/A
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2024 The Best of All Worlds Writing Writer 58
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2022 A Jaula Writing Adaptation 59
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2019 The Last Romantics Writing Screenplay 58
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2017 Sandra Calling Writing Screenplay 58
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2016 Danado de Bom Writing Writer 59
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Editing

2019 The Last Romantics Editing Editor 58
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