José Mojica Marins

Directing

Born: 1936-03-13
Died: 2020-02-19
From: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

J. Avelar

Biography

José Mojica Marins (March 13, 1936 - February 19, 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, television and media personality. His interest in filmmaking began at an early age. When Marins was three, his father ran a local cinema, and the family lived in a flat above the theater. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé do Caixão). Although Marins is known primarily as a horror film director, his earlier works were Westerns, dramas and adventure films.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)

2005

Acting100 titles

Directing34 titles

Writing21 titles

Production11 titles

Crew3 titles

Creator1 title