
Actor
José Celso Martinez Corrêa
Born 1937 · Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Directed

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Director · 1977

O parto
Director · 1975

The King of the Candle
Director · 1982

Macumba Antropofaga
Director · 2017

Os Sertões: A Luta II - Do Desmassacre ao Reinício
Director · 2006

Os Sertões - A Terra
Director · 2002

Os Sertões: A Luta I
Director · 2005

Os Sertões: O Homem II — da Re-volta ao Trans-homem
Director · 2003

Boca de Ouro
Director · 1999

Os Sertões: O Homem I — do Pré-homem à Revolta
Director · 2003
Acting

Tropicália
Self (archive footage) · 2012

Dry Movie
Meu Velho · 2005

Fênix
Self · 1980

Embodiment of Evil
Mistificador · 2008

Race Antenna
Self · 2020
Lara
Vendedor · 2002

The Peddler's Backpack
Self · 2005

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self · 2003

Palavra (En)Cantada
Self · 2009
América do Sexo
(segment "Colagem") · 1969

Pitanga
Self · 2016

Ralé: The Lower Depths
Ded · 2016

Hunting Season
Self · 1988

Horácio
Horácio · 2019

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Self · 2021
Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy
Himself · 2015

Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage
Himself · 2011

Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação
Self · 2022

The Clove and The Rose
Self · 2017

Milagrez
Self · 2008

Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
Self · 2017

Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas
Self · 2012

Saudade
Self · 2017

Semana de Arte Moderna
himself · 1972
