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.

Filmography

• 2026Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
• Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro
• 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
• A(u)tores
• 2021Fédro
• 2019Horácio — Horácio
• 2017Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
• 2017How Do You See Me?
• 2017Macumba Antropofaga — Director
• 2016Ralé: The Lower Depths — Ded
• 2012Satyrianas – 78 horas em 78 minutos
• 2010Zé[s]
• 2009Travessia
• 2008A Paz é Dourada
• 2008Embodiment of Evil — Mistificador
• 2007The Milky Way
• 2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
• 2006Os Sertões: A Luta II - Do Desmassacre ao Reinício — Director, Writer
• 2005Dry Movie — Meu Velho
• 2005Os Sertões: A Luta I — Writer, Director
• 2003Os Sertões: O Homem I — do Pré-homem à Revolta — Director, Writer
• 2003Os Sertões: O Homem II — da Re-volta ao Trans-homem — Writer, Director
• 2002Lara — Vendedor
• 2002Os Sertões - A Terra — Director
• 1999Boca de Ouro — Dentista, Director, Screenplay
• 1990Uzebrioloco
• 1987Vianinha
• 1982A Caminho das Índias
• 1982The King of the Candle — Director
• 197725 — Director
• 1976A$$untina of the Amerikas
• 1975O parto — Director
• 1974Um Homem Célebre
• 1972Prata Palomares — Writer
• 1970The Awakening of the Beast
• 1969América do Sexo — (segment "Colagem")

Appearances as themselves (25)

• Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação — Self
• 2021Cafi — Self
• 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina — Self
• 2020Nas Asas da Pan Am — Himself
• 2020Race Antenna — Self
• 2020Salve o Prazer! — Self
• 2017Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos — Self
• 2017Saudade — Self
• 2017The Clove and The Rose — Self
• 2017Tropicália: 50 Anos — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Pitanga — Self
• 2015Zé Celso: Tupy or not Tupy — Himself
• 2012Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas — Self
• 2012Tropicália — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage — Himself
• 2009Diário De Aquário — Self
• 2009Palavra (En)Cantada — Self
• 2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal — Self
• 2008Milagrez — Self
• 2005The Peddler's Backpack — Self
• 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth — Self
• 1988Hunting Season — Self
• 1986Infinita Tropicália — Self
• 1980Fênix — Self
• 1972Semana de Arte Moderna — himself