José Celso Martinez Corrêa

Personal Info

Birthday

March 30, 1937

Day of Death

2023-07-06

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Also Known As

Zé Celso

Jose Celso Martinez Correa

Zé Celso Martinez

José Celso Martinez Corrêa

Biography

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.

Known For

Embodiment of Evil

Lara

Dry Movie

Horácio

América do Sexo

Ralé: The Lower Depths

Boca de Ouro

Filmography

2021
Cafi
as Self
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
2020
Nas Asas da Pan Am
as Himself
Race Antenna
as Self
Salve o Prazer!
as Self
2019
Horácio
as Horácio
2017
Tropicália: 50 Anos
as Self (archive footage)
Saudade
as Self
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
as Self
The Clove and The Rose
as Self
2016
Pitanga
as Self
Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Ded
2015
Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy
as Himself
2012
Tropicália
as Self (archive footage)
Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas
as Self
2011
Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage
as Himself
2009
Palavra (En)Cantada
as Self
Diário De Aquário
as Self
2008
Embodiment of Evil
as Mistificador
Milagrez
as Self
2005
Dry Movie
as Meu Velho
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2002
Lara
as Vendedor
1999
Boca de Ouro
as Dentista
1988
Hunting Season
as Self
1986
Infinita Tropicália
as Self
1980
Fênix
as Self
1972
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
1969
América do Sexo
as (segment "Colagem")