Gurcius Gewdner

Gurcius Gewdner

Gurcius Gewdner, born in 1982, screenwriter, editor and director, stood out early in the Brazilian underground with eschatological-dadaist anti-music performances with his group Os Legais, from the mid-90s onwards. Self-taught, but with an academic background in History, his interest in performance art and experimental music gave rise to the desire to make films, which were born parallel to his musical projects. A multi-faceted filmography: influenced by Christoph Shilingensief, Vera Shitlova, John Waters and the Kuchar brothers, he has several short and medium-length fiction films, including Texas Carlos Massacre (2021), Lieder Die Soldaten Morgen (2019), Bom Dia Carlos (2015, awarded at the Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, shown at Fifigrot, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Housecore Horror Festival, among others), Erivaldo: o Astronauta Místico (2013), Freddy Breck Ballet (2010) and Nosferatum (2003, awarded at Cine Esquema Novo). And two feature films that are revered worldwide: Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair (2017, an eschatological monster adventure shown on open TV, on Fantaspoa, Film Panic Presents, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Insólito Film Festival, among others) and Mamilos em Chamas (2008), which in 2024 was listed in the book "Cinema Degli Eccessi" by Andrea Guaia, as one of the 100 most shocking films in the history of cinema, alongside masterpieces of extreme cinema such as Saló, Pink Flamingos, Sweet Movie and Irreversible. Since 1998, Gurcius, in partnership with Petter Baiestorf, has been one of the central figures of Canibal Filmes, the most influential SOV production company of extreme cinema in Brazil, with films such as Zombio 2: Chimarrão Zombies (2013, shown in Sitges, BUT Film Festival, Rojo Sangre, among others), Ninguém Deve Morrer (2009) and the sequel to the cult classic O Monstro Legume do Espaço (1995/2007), a partnership of more than 30 films, including feature-length, medium-length and short films. With performer and director Ligia Marina/Juma Pariri and Colombian activist Margarita Rodriguez Weweli-Lukana, he has been producing a series of experimental indigenous short films, 5 to date, including Hot Air (2023, shown at Echoes Indigenous Film Festival, Māoriland Film Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, FICCI, Porn Film Festival Berlin, among others), Fôlego Vivo (2021) and Hasta El fin del Mundo (2018). In partnership with legendary photographer and filmmaker Ivan Cardoso, they created a collection of 24 films brought together in the feature film O Baccanal do Diabo (2013, shown in Rotterdam, Karlov Vary, among others) and the experimental O Colírio do Corman (2020). Together with editor Christian Caselli, he put together documentaries with intense archival research such as Ivan O TerriRvel (2019) and Serguei O Psicodélico (2016). He has acted in films such as Tongues of Fire (2024), Black Sea (2013), among others. In music, it is also worth mentioning prolific collaborations with L. Borgia Rosseti and Orquestra Zé Felipe. Parallel to all this, he has a filmography of documentaries about his own creative process, such as the feature film A Nau dos Foos (2021, with appearances by Roger Corman, Olaf Moller and Richard Stanley), Cavalo Marinho vem a Cavalo (2020), Banho Gostoso (2008) and O Triunvirato (2004).

A Cool Day with Os Legais
2024
Producer
Pazukids - Edgar em Busca de Carlos na Ilha do Desarrêgo
2023
Original Film Writer
A Invasão dos Canibais Independentes: editando, produzindo e trabalhando com a Canibal Filmes
2022
Director
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
2021
Director
Sete Gatos Para Calígula
2021
Director
Texas Carlos Massacre
2021
Editor
Beck 137
2021
Editor
Ivan, the TerrirBle
2020
Editor
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
2020
Screenplay
290 Poisons
2020
Editor
The Frightened President
2020
Writer
Lieder die Soldaten Morgen
2019
Screenplay
Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair
2017
Producer
Quem é Gurcius Gewdner?
2017
Music
Uptake Fear
2015
Second Unit Director
Good Morning Carlos
2015
Director
Lunch in the Grass
2014
Director
Erivaldo, o Astronauta Místico
2013
Editor
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
2013
Writer
Sangue Marginal
2013
Cinematography
Zombio 2
2013
Associate Producer
Crazy Rally
2013
Writer
O Fim do Mundo no Morrinho
2012
Director
Perdigotos da Discórdia
2012
Writer
Nas Asas do Caixão
2012
Associate Producer
O Terno do Zé
2012
Set Decoration
Ulisses
2012
Editor
Freddy Breck Ballet
2010
Writer
The Sweet Advance of the Knife
2010
Editor
Daddy Mangy
2009
Associate Producer
Nobody Must Die
2009
Editor
Banho Gostoso: A Produção de Mamilos em Chamas
2008
Director
Homens & Algas
2008
Editor
Flaming Nipples
2008
Director
The Whore with the Chainsaw
2008
Executive Producer
Tudo Começou quando Mamãe conheceu Papai
2007
Director
Love on Uranus
2007
Editor
Imaginary Friend
2007
Director
Manifesto Canibal - How to Make Movies in Times of Crisis and Chaos
2007
Editor
O Triunvirato
2004
Editor
Privadas de Suas Vidas

Director
Tropical SOV
2025
Voz do Rei Cocô - Segmento Viagem à Flora
Mr. Baiestorf's Beach Party
2024
Gurcius
Tongues of Fire
2024
Sofia
Capivaras na Noite
2024
Ele mesmo
Pe ataju jumali / Hot air
2023
Editor
Trash Double
2022
Director
Seahorse comes on horseback
2021
Director
Quarantine in the Empire - Isolation of the Famous
2021
Editor
Living Breath
2021
Editor
Holyterror
2020
Additional Photography
Na cabeça de Baiestorf
2020
Mamilos da Pam Grier
Serguei - The Last Psychedelic
2017
Editor
A Revolta do Boêmio
2016
Spencer trapalhão
Nham-Nham, A Criatura
2015
Vocals
A Normalista e o Anormal
2013
Editor
O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
2013
Editor
Pressa de te amar
2013
Director
Go Back
2013
Editor
A História do Olho
2013
Editor
Dark Sea
2013
Bar Man
Let Your Fans Be Your Distributor!
2013
Self
How to Irritate Hardcore Dandies
2012
Director
Monstrolândia
2012
Editor
Rota 69
2012
Editor
Folias em Bagdá
2012
Editor
Com a Boca na Botija
2012
Editor
A Brasa do Norte
2012
Editor
The Life and Death of Reincarnation by Gurcius Gewdner
2011
Archival Footage Research
Páscoa Sarnenta
2011
Ivan
2011
Monteiro Lobato on Jesus
Ten Years Without GG Allin
2010
Director
Gurcius Gewdner Show
2010
The Boss
Tatuada
2009
Director
Guidable: The Real History of Ratos de Porão
2008
Production Assistant
Eu Sou um Pequeno Panda
2008
Director
The Noble Bloodsucker Politician
2007
Editor
Arrombada - I'll Piss On Your Fucking Grave!!!
2007
Editor
The Leguminous Monster from Outer Space 2
2006
Associate Producer
The Enjoyment of the Avacalho
2006
Editor
3 Cortes
2006
Sad Clown
2005
Editor
New Year's Day
2005
Director
Dead Human Collection
2005
Dead Gurcius
The Population of Colonial Spanish America
2004
Director
Atomic Beer
2003
Editor
Mutant Maniacs
1996
Editor
Poluição dos Mares & Oceanos
1996
Director