Cast & creator
Zelito Viana
Best known for Chico Anysio Show, Chico Total, Viva Marília
José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.
62
film credits
5
television credits
15
1966–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
Showing 67 of 67 credits
Chico Anysio Show
Director
1982
Chico Total
Director
1981
Viva Marília
Director
2026
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
Self
2025
Antonio das Mortes
Executive Producer
1969
Dossiê Jango
Self
2013
Seduction
Director
Seduction
Writer
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Director
2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Screenplay
2000
Choque Cultural
Writer
1977Choque Cultural
Director
1977
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Self
2024
Entranced Earth
Executive Producer
1967
O Doce Esporte do Sexo
Director
1971O Doce Esporte do Sexo
Writer
1971
Minha Namorada
Director
1970Minha Namorada
Producer
1970Minha Namorada
Writer
1970
The Secret of the Mummy
Executive Producer
1982
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self / Interviewee
2003
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
1967
Rio's Love Song
Producer
1994
Twenty Years Later
Producer
1984
Bela Noite Para Voar
Director
2009Bela Noite Para Voar
Screenplay
2009
The Man Who Bought the World
Writer
1968
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
Director
1985Avaete, Seed of Revenge
Writer
1985
Depois do Transe
Self
2006
When Carnaval Comes
Executive Producer
1972
Cacaso
Self
2016
A Arte existe porque a vida não basta
Director
2016
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
Self
2023
Chico Anísio Ao Vivo no Carnegie Hall
Director
1981Fantasia para Ator e TV
Producer
1968
Mestre Zu
Director
2026
Milagrez
Self
2008
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991Imagens da História
Director
1995Imagens da História
Creator
1995
Morte e Vida Severina
Writer
1977Morte e Vida Severina
Director
1977
The Big City
Producer
1966
Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
Self
2010Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
Director
2010
Os Condenados
Director
1974Os Condenados
Screenplay
1974
Chico Anysio É
2006Chico Anysio É
Director
2006
Por Trás das Câmeras (II)
Producer
1978
Terra dos Índios
Director
1979Terra dos Índios
Writer
1979Terra dos Índios
Producer
1979
Drumming Beat of the Stars
Producer
2012
Câncer
Dr. Zelito
1972
Dib
Self
1997
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste
Director
1974
Da Terra dos Índios aos Índios Sem Terra
Director
2022
Rodovia Belém - Brasília
Director
1973
A Lost Woman
Executive Producer
1976
Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros
Writer
2005Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros
Director
2005
Maranhão 66
Producer
1966Sons da Esperança
Editor
2012Sons da Esperança
Director
2012