Helena Ignez
Helena Ignez
Biography
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).
Known For
Actor
as Marina Consiglio
as Self
as Arlete
as Helena
as Jarda Ícone
as Dulce
as Herself
as Voiceover
as Self
as Senhora Ônibus
as Mother
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as (voice)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Diretora
as Palestrante (voz)
as Voice
as Narração
as Ela mesma
as Sonia Silk
as Herself
as (voz)
as Mãe (voz)
as Voz Off
as Patroa
as Jarda
as Ritual Xamânico
as Mãe
as Provisório's Mother
as Dona da Pousada
as Cabíria
as Mãe de Isis
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
as Ela mesma
as Guida
as Self
as Herself
as Marcela
as Bandida
as Bossy Lady
as Self (archive footage)
as Aeromoça
as Archive Footage
as Prostituta
as Sônia Silk
as Ângela Carne e Osso
as Janete Jane
as Luciana
as Mulher do médico
as Mariana
as Mariá
as Marta
as Ely
as The woman
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenstory
as Screenplay
as Screenstory
as Writer
as Adaptation
as Screenplay
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Musical Casting
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Associate Producer
as Researcher
as Co-Producer
Sound
as Music
as Music Supervisor
Editor
as Editor
Art
as Art Direction
Camera
as Camera Operator