
Zelito Viana
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1938
- Birthplace
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.
Filmography

Mestre Zu 2026
Director

Seduction 2026
Director, Writer

Viva Marília 2026
Director

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” 2024
as Self

Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta 2023
as Self

Da Terra dos Índios aos Índios Sem Terra 2022
Director

A Arte existe porque a vida não basta 2016
Director

Cinema Novo 2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Cacaso 2016
as Self

Dossiê Jango 2013
as Self

Drumming Beat of the Stars 2012
Producer
- Sons da Esperança
Sons da Esperança 2012
Editor, Director

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed 2010
as Self, Director

Bela Noite Para Voar 2009
Director, Screenplay

Milagrez 2008
as Self

Depois do Transe 2006
as Self

Chico Anysio É 2006
Actor, Director

Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros 2005
Writer, Director

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth 2003
as Self / Interviewee

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion 2000
Director, Screenplay

Dib 1997
as Self

Rio's Love Song 1994
Producer

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? 1991
Actor

Avaete, Seed of Revenge 1985
Director, Writer

Twenty Years Later 1984
Producer

The Secret of the Mummy 1982
Executive Producer

Chico Anísio Ao Vivo no Carnegie Hall 1981
Director

Terra dos Índios 1979
Director, Producer, Writer

Por Trás das Câmeras (II) 1978
Producer

Morte e Vida Severina 1977
Writer, Director

Choque Cultural 1977
Writer, Director

A Lost Woman 1976
Executive Producer

Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste 1974
Director

Os Condenados 1974
Director, Screenplay

Rodovia Belém - Brasília 1973
Director

When Carnaval Comes 1972
Executive Producer

Câncer 1972
as Dr. Zelito

O Doce Esporte do Sexo 1971
Director, Writer

Minha Namorada 1970
Director, Producer, Writer

Antonio das Mortes 1969
Executive Producer

The Man Who Bought the World 1968
Writer
- Fantasia para Ator e TV
Fantasia para Ator e TV 1968
Producer

Entranced Earth 1967
Executive Producer

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo 1967
as Self

The Big City 1966
Producer

Maranhão 66 1966
Producer
Credits from TMDB.