Directing

Denoy de Oliveira

Born October 30, 1933 · Belém, Pará, Brazil

Died November 4, 1998 · aged 65

Denoy de Oliveira (Belém, October 30, 1933 — São Paulo, November 4, 1998) was a Brazilian screenwriter, actor, producer, composer and film director. He stood out mainly in cinema, directing works such as Amante very Louca, O Baiano Fantasma and A Grande Noitada, among others. In theater, especially at Teatro Opinião, he worked as an author, director, actor and producer. He also worked on televisio…

Known For

Hour of the Star

Hour of the Star · 1986

Hour of the Star

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Gargalhada Final

Gargalhada Final · 1979

Gargalhada Final

MovieComedyAdventure

Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, Trombada, the ventriloquist, makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco hits their boss on the head. Now the two have to run from the police while living an adventure.

O Baiano Fantasma

O Baiano Fantasma · 1984

O Baiano Fantasma

MovieDramaComedy

Lambusca, a man from the State of Paraíba, Brazil, goes to São Paulo, looking for a job. But he ends up working for a group of fishy loan sharks, collecting money. In one of his visits, the debtor dies. The police then starts chasing him, believing he had murdered the man.

André, a Cara e a Coragem

André, a Cara e a Coragem · 1971

André, a Cara e a Coragem

Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in order to survive.

Janete

A young girl runaway from home to join the circus.

O Último Vôo do Condor

O Último Vôo do Condor · 1982

O Último Vôo do Condor

35mm, Color, 95min42seg, 2.624m, 24q, Eastmancolor

Adágio ao Sol

Adágio ao Sol · 1996

MovieHistoryDrama

Esse Rio Muito Louco

Esse Rio Muito Louco · 1977

Esse Rio Muito Louco

Filmography

Sort

Hour of the Star

Hour of the Star · 1986

Hour of the Star

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Pereira

Gargalhada Final

Gargalhada Final · 1979

Gargalhada Final

MovieComedyAdventure

Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, Trombada, the ventriloquist, makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco hits their boss on the head. Now the two have to run from the police while living an adventure.

Music

O Baiano Fantasma

O Baiano Fantasma · 1984

O Baiano Fantasma

MovieDramaComedy

Lambusca, a man from the State of Paraíba, Brazil, goes to São Paulo, looking for a job. But he ends up working for a group of fishy loan sharks, collecting money. In one of his visits, the debtor dies. The police then starts chasing him, believing he had murdered the man.

Music

André, a Cara e a Coragem

André, a Cara e a Coragem · 1971

André, a Cara e a Coragem

Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in order to survive.

Producer

Janete

A young girl runaway from home to join the circus.

O Último Vôo do Condor

O Último Vôo do Condor · 1982

O Último Vôo do Condor

35mm, Color, 95min42seg, 2.624m, 24q, Eastmancolor

Ferreira

Adágio ao Sol

Adágio ao Sol · 1996

MovieHistoryDrama

Esse Rio Muito Louco

Esse Rio Muito Louco · 1977

Esse Rio Muito Louco

Director

The Next Victim

The Next Victim · 1983

The Next Victim

MovieHorrorThriller

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

J.J.J., o Amigo do Super-Homem

J.J.J., o Amigo do Super-Homem · 1978

J.J.J., o Amigo do Super-Homem

MovieComedyAdventure

Director

Amante Muito Louca!

Amante Muito Louca! · 1973

Amante Muito Louca!

Screenplay

Cristo Procurado

Cristo Procurado · 1990

Cristo Procurado

Executive Producer

Ainda Agarro Esse Machão

Ainda Agarro Esse Machão · 1976

Ainda Agarro Esse Machão

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? · 1991

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

MovieDocumentary

Music

Doramundo

Doramundo · 1978

A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.

Nasce uma Mulher

Nasce uma Mulher · 1983

Nasce uma Mulher

On Jo's birthday, her mother, and later, her father, discover that she is not a virgin anymore - she is taking pills. The birthday party turns into a complete mess, since Jo's mother can not hold herself and accuses her daughter in front of all guests of not being a child that everyone thought she still was. Jo rebels and leaves the house, and discovers that her boyfriend listened to everything and did not help her. She decides to leave him, and to start her life again. As a woman, now.

Um Homem sem Importância

Um Homem sem Importância · 1971

Um Homem sem Importância

A man, trying to get a job, meets a lot of unusual characters on his way.

Music

The Wrung-Out Man

The Wrung-Out Man · 1980

The Wrung-Out Man

Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.

Marcelo Zona Sul

Marcelo Zona Sul · 1970

Marcelo Zona Sul

MovieRomanceAdventure

In the bohemian 1960s Rio de Janeiro, the 16 year-old rebel and reckless teenager Marcelo, a terrible student that plays hooky from school, dreams on leaving his home and move to São Paulo to work hard, make money and travel abroad to visit the world.

Original Music Composer

Massacre no Supermercado

Massacre no Supermercado · 1968

Massacre no Supermercado

Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on their heels.

Prisão Mulher

Prisão Mulher · 1985

MovieDocumentary

Director

A Grande Noitada

A Grande Noitada · 1997

A Grande Noitada

Screenplay