José Medeiros

Birth : 1921-05-18, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Death : 1990-08-27

Movies

A Matter of Honour
Director of Photography
The teacher and the butcher of a small town in the tropical Andes, are both in love with the same woman (Miriam). They decide to duel for her. Everyone in town catch the notice, except of course for Miriam. The Mayor then decides to manipulate the event to make it political.
Jubiabá
Director of Photography
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
It's Not All True
Camera Operator
Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.
Memories of Prison
Cinematography
Adaptation of Graciliano Ramos's novel about his arrest and imprisonment.
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director of Photography
Zózimo Bulbul’s film is dedicated to Zumbi dos Palmares and to all Maroons dead and alive. It portrays the life of Aniceto, who was 72 years old at the time: a union leader, a stevedore at the Rio de Janeiro port and founder of Escola de Samba Império Serrano
Maneco, o Super Tio
Director of Photography
Maneco takes his nephews to spend his holidays at his grandfather's place. But the old scientist discovered a way to travel in time and got lost in the year 1926. Maneco and the boys will try to bring him back.
Parceiros da Aventura
Director of Photography
Parceiros da Aventura
Producer
Parceiros da Aventura
Director
Summer Rains
Director of Photography
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
Ódio
Director of Photography
The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre.
Morte e Vida Severina
Director of Photography
The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
Quem Matou Pacífico?
Director of Photography
O Seminarista
Director of Photography
Xica da Silva
Director of Photography
The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
O Caçador de Fantasma
Director of Photography
Who's Afraid of Werewolves?
Director of Photography
Two young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf.
The Devil Queen
Director of Photography
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!
Director of Photography
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
Director of Photography
Documentary about race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi
Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Director of Photography
A mechanic who wants to become a race car pilot has his great opportunity when he has to take the place of another pilot who had suffered an accident.
Adventures with Uncle Manuelo
Director of Photography
Three boys and their uncle venture into the Amazon jungle in search of their missing grandfather who's been kidnapped by evil space robots!
Em Família
Director of Photography
Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate the two of them, the children decide to separate the couple.
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
Director of Photography
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin.
Faustão
Director of Photography
A gang of bandits led by Faustão intervene in a fight between two members of rival families, the Pereiras and the Araújos. Henrique Pereira, son of Colonel Pereira, is wounded in an ambush. Faustão rescues him and demands the father to pay a ransom in exchange for the life of his son. The bandit makes it clear to Henrique that he is not a prisoner and that he is only obeying the law of the backlands. Lucena, a henchman working for the Araújos, finds Faustão and offers twice the amount being asked to the colonel in order to take Henrique as a prisoner, but the bandit refuses the offer. Colonel Henrique pays the ransom, but the son refuses to return home, even being aware of the feud between his family and the Araújos. The young man chooses to join the gang.
A Vingança dos Doze
Director of Photography
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Director of Photography
While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a computer, together with Pierre (José Lewgoy) , the villain of the movie, and sent to New York.
Viagem ao Fim do Mundo
Director of Photography
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-Rosa
Director of Photography
A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure.
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
Director of Photography
In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for the extraction job. When the local priest announces he, too, is leaving the town, Satan emerge thrilled with the chance of overtaking the place.
Freedom of Press
Director of Photography
A panel of Brazilian political scenery in 1967, alternating images of the main events and politicians and specialists' statements about freedom of the press.
A Public Opinion
Director of Photography
Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. Interviews with people in the street disclose their fears, aspirations and political alienation.
The Deceased
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde. In poor health, Zulmira makes all the preparations for the day of her death and asks her unemployed husband to deal with the costs of the coffin and funeral with a man named João Guimarães Pimentel. What Tom doesn't know is that Zulmira and this man hide some secrets that he could never imagine.
The Deceased
Director of Photography
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde. In poor health, Zulmira makes all the preparations for the day of her death and asks her unemployed husband to deal with the costs of the coffin and funeral with a man named João Guimarães Pimentel. What Tom doesn't know is that Zulmira and this man hide some secrets that he could never imagine.
The Dare
Camera Operator
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his love affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son