Jairo Ferreira

Directing

Jairo Ferreira

Born — Died

1945-08-24 — 2003-08-23

Known for

Directing

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 5 titles

The Awakening of the Beast poster
5.5

A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine '60s drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.

The Awakening of the Beast

1970

Corrida em Busca do Amor poster
9.0

Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.

Corrida em Busca do Amor

1972

O Pornógrafo poster
5.7

Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.

O Pornógrafo

1970

The Vampire of the Cinematheque poster
7.0

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.

The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976

Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth poster
9.0

A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. On his way, he meets the most bizarre and allegorical types: a robber, a drag queen who thinks he's Carmen Miranda, a black king, a fallen black angel, a priest, two whores, a pregnant cowboy, among others.

Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth

1970

Behind the camera

Antes que Eu me Esqueça poster
NR

"Before I Forget" is a short film by Jairo Ferreira. It was filmed in 1977, during the release of the book of the same name of Roberto Bicelli. The poet is part, along with Cláudio Willer and Roberto Piva, of the surrealist group of São Paulo. Also participating in the short Jorge Mautner and Nelson Jacobina.

Antes que Eu me Esqueça

1977

Corrida em Busca do Amor poster
9.0

Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.

Corrida em Busca do Amor

1972

O Pornógrafo poster
5.7

Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.

O Pornógrafo

1970

O Guru e os Guris poster
7.5

A film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.

O Guru e os Guris

1973

O Guru e os Guris poster
7.5

A film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.

O Guru e os Guris

1973

The Vampire of the Cinematheque poster
7.0

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.

The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976

The Vampire of the Cinematheque poster
7.0

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.

The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976

The Vampire of the Cinematheque poster
7.0

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.

The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976

Neither Truth Nor Lie poster
9.0

A mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.

Neither Truth Nor Lie

1979

Neither Truth Nor Lie poster
9.0

A mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.

Neither Truth Nor Lie

1979

As Aventuras de Raul Seixas na Cidade de Thoth poster
NR

Jairo Ferreira's view on the career of singer Raul Seixas.

As Aventuras de Raul Seixas na Cidade de Thoth

1993

Audácia! poster
7.3

Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.

Audácia!

1970

Horror Palace Hotel poster
6.0

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.

Horror Palace Hotel

1978

Buccaneer Blood poster
7.0

One of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and friend Orlando Parolini.

Buccaneer Blood

1979

Dreams in Life poster
NR

Two factory workers from the outskirts of São Paulo make a trip to a bathhouse close to the city.

Dreams in Life

1979

O Insigne-Ficante poster
NR

A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.

O Insigne-Ficante

1980

O Insigne-Ficante poster
NR

A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.

O Insigne-Ficante

1980

Ecos Caóticos poster
NR

A homage to poet Sousandrade.

Ecos Caóticos

1975

O Ataque das Araras poster
NR

Multiple film crews travel through Amazon.

O Ataque das Araras

1975