# Rogério Sganzerla

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 (1968). Sganzerla was influenced by Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and José Mojica Marins, 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. Headed by Sganzerla, the company produced the films Copacabana Mon Amour and Sem essa, aranha (1970). In 1985, Sganzerla directed the docufiction Nem Tudo É Verdade (It's Not All True) about Orson Welles' 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.

## Filmography

Key :
| † | Indicates a documentary | ‡ | Indicates a short film |
List of films directed by Rogério Sganzerla :
| Year | Original title | English release title | Language(s) | Notes |
| 1966 | Documentário $^‡$ | | Portuguese | |
| 1968 | O Bandido da Luz Vermelha | The Red Light Bandit | Portuguese | |
| 1969 | A Mulher de Todos | The Woman of Everyone | Portuguese | |
| 1969 | HQ $^†$ | | Portuguese | Co-directed with Álvaro de Moya. Short documentary on the evolution of comic books since The Yellow Kid until Spirit. |
| 1969 | Quadrinhos no Brasil $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on comic books in Brazil. |
| 1970 | Carnaval na Lama | | Portuguese | |
| 1970 | Sem Essa, Aranha | | Portuguese | |
| 1970 | Copacabana Mon Amour | | Portuguese | |
| 1971 | Fora do Baralho $^†$ | | Portuguese | |
| 1977 | Viagem e Descrição do Rio Guanabara por Ocasião da França Antártica $^‡$ | | Portuguese | |
| 1978 | Mudança de Hendrix $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on Jimi Hendrix. Filming began in 1971. |
| 1980 | Abismu | The Abyss | Portuguese | Also known as O Abismo. Produced in 1977. |
| 1981 | Noel por Noel $^‡$ | | Portuguese | Short homage to Noel Rosa. |
| 1981 | Brasil $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentation of Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia and João Gilberto during the recording of the collaborative album Brasil. |
| 1981 | A Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia) $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on the economy growth after petroleum exploration in Salvador, Bahia. |
| 1983 | Irani $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on parades commemorating the anniversary of the Guerra do Contestado in Irani, Santa Catarina. |
| 1986 | Nem Tudo É Verdade | | Portuguese | |
| 1986 | Ritos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on Umbanda in Brazil. |
| 1990 | Isto é Noel Rosa $^†$ | | Portuguese | Medium-length documentary on Noel Rosa. |
| 1990 | A Linguagem de Orson Welles $^†$ | Welles' Language | Portuguese | Short documentary on Orson Welles' stay in Brazil during production of It's All True. |
| 1990 | Anônimo e Incomum $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on plastic artist Antônio Manuel. |
| 1992 | Perigo Negro $^‡$ | | Portuguese | Based on Marco Zero by Oswald de Andrade. Segment of Oswaldianas (1992). |
| 1992 | América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio $^‡$ | | Portuguese | Theatrical monologue based on Amerigo Vespucci's "novus mundus" letter. |
| 1997 | Tudo É Brasil $^†$ | All Is Brazil | Portuguese | A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles eyes during the shooting of It's All True. |
| 2001 | B2 $^†$ | | Portuguese | Co-directed with Sylvio Renoldi. Short documentary made up of unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama. |
| 2003 | Informação: H. J. Koellreutter $^†$ | | Portuguese | Short documentary on Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. |
| 2005 | O Signo do Caos | The Sign of Chaos | Portuguese | Also known as "O Anti Filme". Produced in 2003. |