A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
J.A. Nunes
Jean Garret
Birthplace:
Açores, Portugal
Born:
April 16, 1947
Died:
April 22, 1996
José Antônio Gomes Nunes e Silva (1947–1996), better known as Jean Garrett, was a Portuguese-Brazilian actor, producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and occasional actor. A native from the archipelago of Açores, Portugal, he moved to Brazil to become one of the most well-known directors of the São Paulo exploitation production pole known as Boca do Lixo. Garrett is celebrated for his highly formalist directorial style, ability of mixing erotic appeal with bold themes, and successful approach to various genres. With a career that spanned for 20 years, with over 18 features, Garrett directed noir-esque police stories, thrillers, horror and disaster pictures. By the mid-to-late 1980s, when the Boca do Lixo started almost exclusively to produce explicit pornographic films, Garrett finished his filmmaking career after directing a series of explicit features under the screen credit of J.A. Nunes, a pseudonym that evoked his actual birth name. He died from a heart attack in 1996 – 10 years after his retirement from filmmaking.
Assistant Director:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
Camera Operator:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
1979 Woman, Woman
Director:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
1975 A Ilha do Desejo
1976 Loved and Abused
1976 Possuídas pelo Pecado
1977 Excitation
1978 Force of the Senses
1978 Noite em Chamas
1979 Woman, Woman
1980 O Fotógrafo
1980 The Woman Who Invented Love
1982 Karina, Object of Passion
1983 A Noite do Amor Eterno
1983 Tchau, Amor
1984 Estranho Desejo
1984 Meu Homem, Meu Amante
Executive Producer:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
1975 A Ilha do Desejo
1976 Loved and Abused
1976 Possuídas pelo Pecado
1977 Excitation
1978 Force of the Senses
1978 Noite em Chamas
1979 Woman, Woman
1980 O Fotógrafo
1980 The Woman Who Invented Love
1982 Karina, Object of Passion
1983 A Noite do Amor Eterno
1983 Tchau, Amor
1984 Estranho Desejo
1984 Extremes of Pleasure
1984 Meu Homem, Meu Amante
Producer:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
1975 A Ilha do Desejo
1976 Loved and Abused
1976 Possuídas pelo Pecado
1977 Excitation
1978 Force of the Senses
1978 Noite em Chamas
1979 Woman, Woman
1980 O Fotógrafo
1980 The Woman Who Invented Love
1982 Karina, Object of Passion
1982 Love, Prostitute Word
1983 A Noite do Amor Eterno
1983 Tchau, Amor
1984 Estranho Desejo
1984 Extremes of Pleasure
1984 Meu Homem, Meu Amante
Writer:
1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
1975 A Ilha do Desejo
1976 Loved and Abused
1976 Possuídas pelo Pecado
1977 Excitation
1978 Force of the Senses
1978 Noite em Chamas
1979 Woman, Woman
1980 O Fotógrafo
1980 The Woman Who Invented Love
1982 Karina, Object of Passion
1982 Love, Prostitute Word
1983 A Noite do Amor Eterno
1983 Tchau, Amor
1984 Estranho Desejo
1984 Extremes of Pleasure
1984 Meu Homem, Meu Amante
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