Luiz Sérgio Person

Directing

Luiz Sérgio Person

Born 1936-02-12 · São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Sérgio Person (1936-1976) crossed the Brazilian cultural scene like a comet. He acted, wrote, directed and produced works of both cinema and theatre, worked as a commercial director and journalist. He established one of the most solid bodies of work in Brazilian cinema with only five feature films. The most famous of them, "São Paulo S/A" (1965), remains as an unparalleled looking glass into the wide spread impact of Brazil's industrialization process and the arise of a new middle class. This film stands among the ten most important in Brazilian cinematography. His next film "Case of the Naves Brothers" was the most courageous cry against the height of the military dictatorship, which was installed in 1964. With aspirations to enlarge the Brazilian film market, Person was one of the creators of the IRP (RPI) - Independent Producers Reunion, pioneering initiative of cooperative distribution. A lover of theatre (where his acting and directing career began), he founded the Augusta Theatre in 1973, which became one of São Paulos's creative epicenters.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

São Paulo, Incorporated poster
8.1

Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.

São Paulo, Incorporated

1965

São Paulo, Incorporated poster
8.1

Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.

São Paulo, Incorporated

1965

Adventurer's Fate poster
5.4

After being shot fleeing from a gunfight, the bandit Jaime falls to a riverbank, where is rescued by two beautiful young women. He becomes involved romantically with Dorothy, daughter of a farmer, and for her sake, surrenders to the police. Upon leaving the prison, Jaime has to face Xavier, a bloodthirsty villain who plans on taking revenge on Dorothy's father.

Adventurer's Fate

1958

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer poster
5.7

A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer

1972

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer poster
5.7

A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer

1972

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer poster
5.7

A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer

1972

Trilogy of Terror poster
5.1

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.

Trilogy of Terror

1968

Trilogy of Terror poster
5.1

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.

Trilogy of Terror

1968

Marido Barra-Limpa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marido Barra-Limpa

1967

A Moreninha poster
4.8

Carolina gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro. She will find, among them, the boyfriend she had during her childhood and with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.

A Moreninha

1970

I Married a Xavante poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Married a Xavante

1958

Panca de Valente poster
5.4

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.

Panca de Valente

1968

Panca de Valente poster
5.4

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.

Panca de Valente

1968

Panca de Valente poster
5.4

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.

Panca de Valente

1968

Case of the Naves Brothers poster
7.8

After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.

Case of the Naves Brothers

1967

Case of the Naves Brothers poster
7.8

After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.

Case of the Naves Brothers

1967

Case of the Naves Brothers poster
7.8

After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.

Case of the Naves Brothers

1967

L'Ottimista Sorridente poster
7.5

The short film "L'Ottimista Sorridente" was Luis Sergio Person's graduation work when he was studying directing between 1961 and 1963 at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy.

L'Ottimista Sorridente

1961

Al ladro poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Al ladro

1962

Al ladro poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Al ladro

1962

Clepsuzana poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Clepsuzana

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vicente do Rêgo Monteiro

1975

This Street So August poster
7.5

A short documentary that uses irony to approach the most fashionable São Paulo street in the 60s: the Rua Augusta (Augusta St.), with its classic personages and most frequented spots.

This Street So August

1968