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).
Crew
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Songs
Sete Gatos Para Calígula
Director, Writer
Erivaldo, o Astronauta Místico
Cinematography, Writer, Music, Producer, Editor, Director
Daddy Mangy
Editor, Associate Producer
Texas Carlos Massacre
Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
Tudo Começou quando Mamãe conheceu Papai
Director
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
Editor, Writer, Music Coordinator
Nobody Must Die
Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Perdigotos da Discórdia
Director, Writer
O Fim do Mundo no Morrinho
Director
Love on Uranus
Editor, Associate Producer
Uptake Fear
Second Unit Director, Editor, Producer
Pazucus: Island of Vomit and Despair
Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director
Lieder die Soldaten Morgen
Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Director
Nas Asas do Caixão
Associate Producer, Editor
A Cool Day with Os Legais
Producer
Banho Gostoso: A Produção de Mamilos em Chamas
Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
O Triunvirato
Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Music, Director
Homens & Algas
Editor, Producer
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Editor
Freddy Breck Ballet
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
The Sweet Advance of the Knife
Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Lunch in the Grass
Director, Writer
Bowels of Hell
Director, Screenplay
Pazukids - Edgar em Busca de Carlos na Ilha do Desarrêgo
Original Film Writer
The Leguminous Monster from Outer Space 2
Associate Producer, Editor
Manifesto Canibal - How to Make Movies in Times of Crisis and Chaos
Editor, Associate Producer
A Invasão dos Canibais Independentes: editando, produzindo e trabalhando com a Canibal Filmes
Editor, Writer, Director
O Terno do Zé
Set Decoration
Quem é Gurcius Gewdner?
Music
Sangue Marginal
Cinematography
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Screenplay, Associate Producer, Music Coordinator, Director of Photography, Editor
Good Morning Carlos
Director
Arrombada - I'll Piss On Your Fucking Grave!!!
Producer, Editor
The Noble Bloodsucker Politician
Editor, Associate Producer
Zombio 2
Editor, Associate Producer, Sound Editor
The Whore with the Chainsaw
Executive Producer, Editor
Crazy Rally
Writer, Editor
The Frightened President
Writer
Sad Clown
Editor, Music Co-Supervisor
The Enjoyment of the Avacalho
Editor, Associate Producer
Guidable: The Real History of Ratos de Porão
Production Assistant
Nosferatum
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Poluição dos Mares & Oceanos
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Pe ataju jumali / Hot air
Editor, Associate Producer
Eu Sou um Pequeno Panda
Director, Editor, Script, Director of Photography, Writer
How to Irritate Hardcore Dandies
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Monstrolândia
Editor, Associate Producer
A Normalista e o Anormal
Editor, Music Consultant
O Homem do Cérebro que Virou Chicletes
Editor
Com a Boca na Botija
Editor
Tatuada
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay
Ten Years Without GG Allin
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Holyterror
Additional Photography
Pressa de te amar
Director, Animation, Screenplay
Seahorse comes on horseback
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Quarantine in the Empire - Isolation of the Famous
Editor, Screenplay, Producer
New Year's Day
Director, Director of Photography, Music Coordinator, Writers' Assistant
The Population of Colonial Spanish America
Director, Screenplay, Music Score Producer
The Life and Death of Reincarnation by Gurcius Gewdner
Archival Footage Research
Trash Double
Director, Screenplay, Music, Producer, Editor
Nham-Nham, A Criatura
Vocals
Living Breath
Editor, Producer
A História do Olho
Editor, Music Consultant
Serguei - The Last Psychedelic
Editor
