Zé Celso(1937-2023)

Actor
Director
Writer

The film`s purpose is to make known questions about pop culture, behavior, politics and sexual diversity. Through the main character, the transvestite Claudia Wonder, we will follow what happened in the city of Sao Paulo in the 70`s, 80`s, 90`s and 2000`s. She broke through prejudice and were able to take the transvestites away from the police columns to the cultural pages of newspapers and magazines, participating in many productions of the Brazilian Erotic Cinema, being part of a punk band and also participating in many plays, as much as how she got involved in the intellectual and political field becoming an important representative in governments organizations of assistance and protection to homosexuals in the spotlight of prejudice.

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Meu Amigo Claudia

Zé Celso was born on 30 March 1937 in Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for O Rei da Vela (1983), 25 (1977) and O Parto (1975). He died on 6 July 2023 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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O Rei da Vela

7.1

Actor(as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)

1983

7.4

Director(as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)

1977

O Parto

6.6

Short

Director(as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)

1975

Prata Palomares

6.5

Writer(as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)

1972

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Estrelas
Music Video
- Zé Celso (voice)
- 2023
Horatio
6.4
- Horácio
- 2019
Na Selva das Cidades
TV Series
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2018
Antropofaga Makumba
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2018
Bandida
Short
- Devil
- 2017
Manual Para se Defender de Aliens, Ninjas e Zumbis
6.5
TV Series
- Bartolomeu Boaventura (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2017
Ralé
5.5
- Ded (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2015
Cordel Encantado
7.9
TV Series
- Amadeu (as Zé Celso Martinez)
- 2011
Encarnação do Demônio
5.9
- Mistificador (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2008
Árido Movie
6.8
- Meu Velho (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2005
Lara
5.9
- Vendedor Humilde (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 2002
Laura Finocchiaro: Dinheiro
Music Video
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 1997
O Rei da Vela
7.1
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 1983
Assuntina das Amérikas
7.0
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 1976
Um Homem Célebre
6.6
- (as José Celso Martinez Corrêa)
- 1974