Rogério Sganzerla (4 May 1946 — 9 January 2004) was a Brazilian filmmaker. One of the main names of the '' cinema marginal'' underground movement, his most known work is ''

The Red Light Bandit ''The Red Light Bandit'' ( pt, O Bandido da Luz Vermelha) is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla, inspired by the crimes of the real-life burglar João Acácio Pereira da Costa, known as the "Red Light Bandit" (''Bandido ...

'' (1968). Sganzerla was influenced by

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, Jean-Luc Godard, and

José Mojica Marins José Mojica Marins (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé ...

, and often used clichés from film noir and pornochanchadas. Irony, narrative subversion and collage were trademarks of his film aesthetics.

Biography

Sganzerla was born in Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina. During the 1960 decade he wrote for the newspaper '' O Estado de S. Paulo'' as film reporter. In 1967 Sganzerla directed his first short film, ''Documentário''. In 1968 he directed his first feature film, ''O Bandido da Luz Vermelha'' (The Red Light Bandit) In 1970 he founded the Bel-Air film company, together with

Júlio Bressane Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo (born February 13, 1946) is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer. Biography A representative of the Brazilian ''cinema marginal'', Julio Bressane began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr., in 1 ...

. Headed by Sganzerla, the company produced the films ''Copacabana Mon Amour'' and '' Sem essa, aranha'' (1970). In 1985 Sganzerla directed the

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''Nem Tudo É Verdade'' (It's Not All True) about

' arrival to Brazil to film his unfinished documentary '' It's All True''. Sganzerla died in 2004, of a brain tumor, shortly after finishing his last film ''O signo do caos''.

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at Contracampo Revista de Cinema {{DEFAULTSORT:Sganzerla, Rogerio 1946 births 2004 deaths Brazilian film directors Deaths from brain cancer in Brazil People from Joaçaba Deaths from cancer in Santa Catarina (state)