CARLOS EBERT ABC

Born: 26 November 1946, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as Carlos Alberto de Azambuja Ebert.

Education: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [Architecture]; Escola Superior de Cinema São Luiz, São Paulo.

Career: Became still ph in 1966 and doph in 1968. He was involved in the Cinema Marginal movement and was c.op and cph for the movement's most memorable film, 'O bandido da luz vermelha'.

Ph educational doc's, institutional videos and promotional spots for big companies [Ford, Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Coca Cola, Polaroid, Varig, Unilever, etc.]. Ph and/or directed hundreds of commercials including 60 for the 'Gente que faz'-series for Banco Bamerindus. Ph and directed music videos with a: Amália Rodrigues [2001], Pitty, etc.

Was lighting designer and consultant for MTV Brasil [1999] and TV USP [2000].

Was professor of cinema at the State Vocational College Oswaldo Aranha [1970] and professor of studio techniques and creativity at the Escola Enfoco [1973-75], both in São Paulo. He has given workshops at the Cinemateca Nacional, Quito, Ecuador [1985], MTV's Promotion Department, São Paulo [1993], the University of São Paulo [1994], the Instituto Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Ceará [1999] & the Centro Cultural b_arco, São Paulo [2008].

Was one of the founding members [in 2000], president [2000-02] and vice-president [2002-04] of the ABC. Also active as playwright ['Gracias Senhor', 1972] with the Teatro Oficina, São Paulo.

Awards: Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil [2001] for 'O povo Brasileiro'; Festival de Cinema de Gramado 'Melhor Fotografia' [2003] for 'Carolina'.

Website: Carlos Ebert

FILMS

1966	O lobisomem [José Roberto Noronha] b&w; short/?m
1968	Lavra-dor [Ana Carolina & Paulo Rufino] 16mm/b&w; doc/10m
1968	O bandido da luz vermelha/The Red Light Bandit [Rogério Sganzerla] b&w; uncred cph (+ c.op); cph: Peter Overbeck
1968	Indústria [Ana Carolina] c; doc/12m
1969	Carnaval São Paulo [Roberto Santos] c; doc/?m
1970	Elas [José Roberto Noronha] 16mm-35bu/b&w
1970	República da traição/Republic of Treason [Carlos Ebert] b&w-c; + co-scrpl/co-prod/small part
1970	Sou louca por você [Rui Gomes & Isnard Fernandes] b&w; cph: Edward Freund & Guglielmo Lombardi
1970	Nenê Bandalho [Emilio Fontana] b&w; cph: Pio Zamuner; + 2uc
1971	Prata palomares [André Faria] c; cph: Sílvio Bastos & Soly R. Levy
1971	Júlia Pastrana [Naum Alves de Sousa] c; short/?m
1971	Teatro Oficina [José Celso Martinez Corrêa] 16mm/?; 2 doc's: 'Carnaval de Galileu' & 'Manda saia'
1971	O rei da vela/The King of the Candle [José Celso Martinez Corrêa & Noilton Nunes] c; 90 & 166m; addph: Pedro Farkas, Jorge Bouquet, Rogério Noel & Adilson Ruiz; prod finished in 1982; + small part
1972	Ballet Folklorico Nacional do Chile [?] ?; doc/?m
1972	Naná [José Roberto Noronha] ?; short/?m
1983	Brazil, Paula Z [Carlos Ebert & Gustavo Hadba] c; short/25m
1984	Uma obra de amor [Berilo Faccio] c; doc/?m
1984	Nem tudo é verdade [Rogério Sganzerla] b&w-c; cph: Edson Batista, Edson Santos, a.o.
1985	Deus é um fogo [Geraldo Sarno] c; doc/80m; addph: Pedro Farkas
1988	Macromicron [Carlos Ebert] v/c; exp short/5m; + scrpl
1992	São Paulo 3 pontos/SP 3 pontos [Marcos Escobar] c; exp short/10m
1992	Noite final, menos 5 minutos [Débora Waldman] c; short/10m
1992	Clip 15 [?] video inserts in ballet by Ballet Company 'Cisne Negro'
1993	Segredo [Ana Mondini] video inserts in ballet by Ballet Company 'Cisne Negro'
1994	Viravolta [Renato Barbieri] Betacam/c; educational short/18m
1995	Virgem mãe de nossos dias [Bettina Turner] v/c; doc/24m
1995	São João no Matutú [Renato Barbieri & Carlos Ebert] Betacam/c; doc/22m
1996	Monteiro Lobato vírgula, ponto e vírgula [Carlos Ebert] c; doc/22m
1997	Fé/Faith [Ricardo Dias] s16-35bu/c; doc/91m; cph: Adrian Cooper; addph: Hamilton Oliveira
1999	Quem faz, quem vê - TV/TV - Who Makes Who Matches [Bebeto Abrantes] v/c; doc/72m; cph: Paulo Santos & Paulo Márcio França
1999	Carrego comigo/The Inner Me [Chico Teixeira] c; doc/63m
2000	O surfista invisível [Juliana Mundim] c; short/13m
2001	Rua 6, sem número/6th Street, No Number [João Batista de Andrade] dv-to-35mm/c
2001	À margem da imagem/On the Fringes of São Paulo - Homeless [Evaldo Mocarzel] dv-to-35mm/c; doc/15m (short version) & 72m; addph: João Pedro Hirszman
2002	A ilha do terrível rapaterra [Ariane Porto] c
2002	A mulher e o mar [Ariane Porto] ?; doc/13m
2002	Seu pai já disse que isso não é brinquedo [Kiko Mollica = Carlos Henrique Mollica Vidigal] c; short/15m
2003	Narciso Rap/Narcissus Rap [Jeferson De] c; short/18m
2003	Carolina [Jeferson De] c; docudrama/15m
2003	Dia de graça [Thiago Mendonça & Maíra Bühler] c; doc/?m
2003	Vale a pena sonhar [Rudi Böhm & Stela Grisotti] dv/b&w-c; doc/74m
2004	Do luto à luta [Evaldo Mocarzel] dv-to-35mm/c; doc/75m
2004	Primeiros passos [Evaldo Mocarzel] c; short/18m
2005	Vlado - 30 anos depois [João Batista de Andrade] c; doc/90m; addph; ph: Fabiano Pierri
2006	Satori Uso [Rodrigo Grota] HD-to-35mm/b&w-c; exp short/18m
2006	Topografia de um desnudo [Teresa Aguiar] HD/c
2006	Booker Pittman [Rodrigo Grota] dv
2006	História dos bairros de São Paulo [ep 'Perdizes, as glórias da varzea' dir by Rudi Böhm & 'O Bom Retiro é o mundo' dir by André Klotzel] ep (26m) of 26-part doc series
2006	Farto de solidão [Mariana Reade & Luiz Carlos Prestes Filho] dv/c; doc/73m
2007	Um homem qualquer [Caio Vecchio] c
2007	Um homem de moral [Ricardo Dias] c; doc/80m

TELEVISION [Selection]

Ph news items for Japanese, Spanish, Australian, Italian [1992] and British [2000-01] tv. Ph numerous specials and [ep of] series.

1974	Astor Piazzola [Alberto Ruschel Filho] mus doc/b&w/52m
1976	Siesta y fiesta [Alberto Ruschel Filho] doc; cph: Miguel Rio Branco
199?	Dia de los muertos [Yeken Serri] doc/52m/BetaSP+DVcam; cph: Rinaldo Martinucci
1990	Sobras e civitas/Rest and Citizenship/Left-Overs and Civitas [Agilson Araújo de Rodrigues] v/c; doc/20m
1992	Dudú nasceu [João Batista de Andrade] tvm/17m/v
1995	Um norte para o sul [Roberto Gervitz] doc/17m
2000	O povo Brasileiro [Isa Ferraz] 10-part doc series; cph: Adrian Cooper & José Guerra; addph: Jacques Cheuiche
2000	Brasil alternativo [Renato Levi] 5-part doc series
2000	Brasil +500 mostra do redescobrimento [André Klotzel] 3-part doc series
2000	Brasília dos 500 anos [Ricardo Dias] doc/?m
2001	Carlton Arts [Helio Goldenstein] ?-part doc series/v
2001	João Pacífico, o caipira de São Paulo [Paulo Weidebach] ?-part mus series

With dir Cara Biasucci

2002	Nascendo no Brasil/Born in Brazil [Cara Biasucci] doc/52m/v
2003	Metamorphoses [various] series/HD; other ph: Edgar Moura
2003	Alquimistas do som [Renato Levi] mus doc/26m/v
2005	O sarcófago macabro [Ivan Cardoso] pilot/52m; cph: Jacques Cheuiche & João Carlos Horta
2007	Uma viagem ao anhui - China [Marcelo Machado] doc/52m

MISCELLANEOUS

1968	Bebel, garota propaganda [Maurice Capovila] still ph + small part; ph: Waldemar Lima
1968	O bandido da luz vermelha/The Red Light Bandit [Rogério Sganzerla] c.op (+ uncred cph); ph: Peter Overbeck
1968	Viagem ao fim do mundo/Voyage to the End of the World [Fernando Campos] tech dir; ph: Affonso Beato, Cliton Villela, a.o.
1976	O pai do povo [Jô Soares] co-scrpl; ph: Leonardo Bartucci
1982	As aventuras de um paraíba [Marco Altberg] still ph; ph: Carlos Egberto Silveira
2000	2 apês [Alexandre Klemperer] series for USP-tv; lighting design; ph: Paulo Nogueira

FILMS & TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR [Selection]

1970	República da traição/Republic of Treason [feature; + co-scrpl/co-prod/ph/small part] see Films
1983	Brazil, Paula Z [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; + ph] see Films
1984	Operação França/Operation France [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; doc/10m] ph: ?
1984	Camelôs/Street Vendors [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; doc/8m] ph: ?
1984	Capitão Bandeira [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; short/7m] ph: ?
1985	Glauber [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; ?/31m] ph: ?
1985	Nelson de copo e alma/Nelson of Glass and Soul [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; ?/27m] ph: ?
1985	Princesinha do mar/Little Sea Princess [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; ?/17m] ph: ?
1985	Tancredance [co-d: Gustavo Hadba; ?/12m] ph: ?
1987	Capitão Bandeira em aventura inédita [co-d: Gil Ribeiro; short/54m] ph: ?
1988	Macromicron [+ scrpl/ph] see Films
1991	A versão oficial/Official Version [short/1m]
1995	São João no Matutú [co-d: Renato Barbieri; + ph] see Films
1996	Monteiro Lobato vírgula, ponto e vírgula [+ ph] see Films