Jean Garrett

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-04-16

Deathday 1996-04-22 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Açores, Portugal

Also Known As Jean Garret, J.A. Nunes, José Antônio Nunes Gomes e Silva

Jean Garrett

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.

Known For

Director

1986
1986
Entra e Sai

as Director

1985
1984
Estranho Desejo

as Director

1984
1983
Tchau, Amor

as Director

1983
1980
O Fotógrafo

as Director

1979
Woman, Woman

as Director

1978
Noite em Chamas

as Director

1978
1977
Excitation

as Director

1976
Loved and Abused

as Director

1976
1975
A Ilha do Desejo

as Director

1967

Writer

1985
1983
Tchau, Amor

as Writer

1980
O Fotógrafo

as Writer

1979
Woman, Woman

as Writer

1978
Noite em Chamas

as Writer

1978
1977
Excitation

as Writer

1976
1975

Producer

1984
Extremes of Pleasure

as Executive Producer

1983
Tchau, Amor

as Producer

1982
1980
O Fotógrafo

as Producer

Camera

1979
Woman, Woman

as Camera Operator