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José Mojica Marins

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36

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Directed movies: 36Directed series: 0All crew credits: 42

TMDB ID: 90204

IMDb ID: nm0596261

Known for: Directing

Born: March 13, 1936

Died: February 19, 2020

Age: 83

Place of birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2024

Years active: 77

Average TMDB rating: 5.88

Wikidata: Q766091

Also known as

J. Avelar

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Director (36)In Memory Of (3)Original Film Writer (1)Script Supervisor (1)Writer (1)

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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