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Jean Garrett

Jean Garrett

Director · 1947–1996 · Açores, Portugal

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Biography

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.

Directed 19

1980s

  1. 1986

    The Kiss of the Piranha Woman

    Director

  2. Fuk Fuk à Brasileira

    Director

  3. Entra e Sai

    Director

  4. 1985

    Mind-blowing Pleasure

    Director

  5. 1984

    Meu Homem, Meu Amante

    Director

  6. Estranho Desejo

    Director

  7. 1983

    Tchau, Amor

    Director

  8. A Noite do Amor Eterno

    Director

  9. 1982

    Karina, Object of Passion

    Director

  10. 1980

    The Woman Who Invented Love

    Director

  11. O Fotógrafo

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Woman, Woman

    Director

  2. 1978

    Noite em Chamas

    Director

  3. Force of the Senses

    Director

  4. 1977

    Excitation

    Director

  5. 1976

    Possuídas pelo Pecado

    Director

  6. Loved and Abused

    Director

  7. 1975

    A Ilha do Desejo

    Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

    Assistant Director

Wrote 13

1980s

  1. 1986

    The Kiss of the Piranha Woman

    Writer

  2. 1985

    Mind-blowing Pleasure

    Writer

  3. 1983

    Tchau, Amor

    Writer

  4. A Noite do Amor Eterno

    Writer

  5. 1982

    Karina, Object of Passion

    Writer

  6. 1980

    O Fotógrafo

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Woman, Woman

    Writer

  2. 1978

    Noite em Chamas

    Writer

  3. Force of the Senses

    Writer

  4. 1977

    Excitation

    Writer

  5. 1976

    Possuídas pelo Pecado

    Writer

  6. Loved and Abused

    Writer

  7. 1975

    A Ilha do Desejo

    Writer

Acted in 6

1980s

  1. 1985

    Boca Aberta

    Movie

  2. 1983

    Abuse

    Dean Kinkaid

  3. 1980

    A Fêmea do Mar

    Roque

    50

1970s

  1. 1972

    Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Strange World of Coffin Joe

    Movie

  2. Trilogy of Terror

    Macabre Nightmare

Produced 4

1980s

  1. 1984

    Extremes of Pleasure

    Executive Producer

  2. 1983

    Tchau, Amor

    Producer

  3. 1982

    Amor, Palavra Prostituta

    Producer

  4. 1980

    O Fotógrafo

    Producer

Camera 1

1970s

  1. 1979

    Woman, Woman

    Camera Operator