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.

KNOWN FOR

Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação
2022
A(u)tores
2022
Tropicália
2012
Uzebrioloco
1990
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008
Zé[s]
2010
The Awakening of the Beast
1970
The Clove and The Rose
2017
Os Sertões: O Homem II — da Re-volta ao Trans-homem
2003
Horácio
2019
Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy
2015
A Caminho das Índias
1982

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
53
Directing
10
Writing
6
2026
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
· unreleased
2023
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro
2022
A(u)tores
2022
Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação
as Self
2021
Fédro
2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
2021
Cafi
as Self
2020
Nas Asas da Pan Am
as Himself
2020
Race Antenna
as Self
2020
Salve o Prazer!
as Self
2019
Horácio
as Horácio
2017
Tropicália: 50 Anos
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
as Self
2017
Macumba Antropofaga
2017
How Do You See Me?
2017
Saudade
as Self
2017
The Clove and The Rose
as Self
2017
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2016
Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Ded
2016
Pitanga
as Self
2015
Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy
as Himself
2012
Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas
as Self
2012
Satyrianas – 78 horas em 78 minutos
2012
Tropicália
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage
as Himself
2010
Zé[s]
2009
Travessia
2009
Diário De Aquário
as Self
2009
Palavra (En)Cantada
as Self
2008
Embodiment of Evil
as Mistificador
2008
Milagrez
as Self
2008
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as Self
2007
The Milky Way
2006
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2005
Dry Movie
as Meu Velho
2005
The Peddler's Backpack
as Self
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2002
Lara
as Vendedor
2002
Os Sertões - A Terra
1999
Boca de Ouro
as Dentista
1990
Uzebrioloco
1988
Hunting Season
as Self
1987
Vianinha
1986
Infinita Tropicália
as Self
1982
A Caminho das Índias
1980
Fênix
as Self
1976
A$$untina of the Amerikas
1974
Um Homem Célebre
1972
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
1970
The Awakening of the Beast
1969
América do Sexo
as (segment "Colagem")