José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.

KNOWN FOR

Chico Anysio Show
1982
Chico Total
1981
Viva Marília
2026
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
2025
Seduction
Antonio das Mortes
1969
Choque Cultural
1977
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
Entranced Earth
1967
Minha Namorada
1970
Dossiê Jango
2013
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
Directing
24
Writing
12
Producing
14
Editing
1
2025
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
as Self
2024
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
as Self
2023
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
as Self
2016
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Cacaso
as Self
2013
Dossiê Jango
as Self
2010
Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
as Self
2008
Milagrez
as Self
2006
Chico Anysio É
2006
Depois do Transe
as Self
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self / Interviewee
1997
Dib
as Self
1991
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1972
Câncer
as Dr. Zelito
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self