Zelito Viana
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1938, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- Movies
- 43
José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.
Upcoming Zelito Viana Movies
Mestre Zu
2026
October 22, 2026
Best-Known Movies
8.4
Twenty Years Later
1984
6.7
Cinema Novo
2016
6.0
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
6.8
Maranhão 66
1966
7.5
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
7.9
Bela Noite Para Voar
2009
6.3
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
6.4
The Big City
1966
6.1
Rio's Love Song
1994
5.2
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
1985
Filmography
| 2024 | Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” | Self |
| 2023 | Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta | Self |
| 2016 | Cinema Novo | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Cacaso | Self |
| 2013 | Dossiê Jango | Self |
| 2010 | Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed | Self |
| 2008 | Milagrez | Self |
| 2006 | Chico Anysio É | |
| 2006 | Depois do Transe | Self |
| 2003 | Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth | Self / Interviewee |
| 1997 | Dib | Self |
| 1991 | Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? | |
| 1972 | Câncer | Dr. Zelito |
| 1967 | Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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