André Luiz Oliveira
Directing
Biography
André Luiz Oliveira was born on February 4, 1948 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969), Louco Por Cinema (1995) and A Lenda de Ubirajara (1975).
Born: February 4, 1948
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Procura-se Meteorango Kid: Vivo ou Morto
Meteorango Kid – O Herói Integalático, by André Luiz Oliveira, is a cult movie made in Bahia, awarded at the 1969 Brasília Festival and censored by the dictatorship. Meteorango Kid: alive or dead is a documentary about the film and its effects on the lives of other artists. André Luiz and musician Tuzé de Abreu, in the company of friends from the generation who used to go crazy, guide us in this search and reveal the mysteries of the invention of this iconic character of countercultural youth.
Meu Amigo Lorenzo
The story of the musical friendship between veteran musician/filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira and Lorenzo Barreto, a boy with autism, over 15 years.
O Outro Lado da Memória
In 1996, filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira started preproduction of Viva o Povo Brasileiro, a film adaptation of the novel by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. Principal photography went on for nine years, but the production was shut down after a series of unfortunate events. This documentary retells that story, repurposing the fictional footage and chronicling the work both in front and behind the scenes.
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
The documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of 44 songs created for each poem in Mensagem, one of Fernando Pessoa's most emblematic books.
Coffee With Powdered Milk
Experimental Super-8 film documenting the making of André Luiz Oliveira's "The legend of Ubirajara" (1975). Shot in the Araguaia River Basin in central Brazil.
Filmography
as Self
as Self
as Himself