João Cândido Zacharias

Aktor, Scenariusz, Reżyseria, Wydawca

14 listopada 1981 (44 years)
João Cândido Zacharias (Rio de Janeiro, 1981) is a director and screenwriter. His short film Sandra Calling (2017) won the Felix Award at the Rio Film Festival and was selected to festivals in Brazil, Europe and the US. His following short, The Last Romantics (2019), screened in over 35 film festivals around the globe. He has recently directed his first feature, the queer horror A Herança (Birthright).

His main focus of interest is genre cinema, ranging all scope from horror to thriller, action, crime and fantasy. As an LGBTQIAPN+ person, he is also very interested in portraying characters from that community and addressing, in cinematic and narrative ways, issues and themes regarding them.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Dobre maniery
    Dobre maniery2017

Known For

  • Birthright
    Birthright2024
  • A Jaula
    A Jaula2022
  • Ok
    Ok2007
  • The Last Romantics
    The Last Romantics2019
  • Sandra Calling
    Sandra Calling2017
  • O Melhor dos Mundos
    O Melhor dos Mundos2024
  • Coming Clean
    Coming Clean2020
  • Darn Good
    Darn Good2016

Filmografia

2017
Good Manners · as João, O GarçomNa Plex

2024
2024
2020
2019
The Last Romantics · as Screenplay
2017
Sandra Calling · as Screenplay
2016

2022
A Jaula · as Adaptation
2007
Ok · as Assistant Director