Halder Gomes Explained

Halder Catunda Gomes (born 15 February 1967) is a Brazilian filmmaker, director, producer and martial artist.[1]

Biography

Born in the capital of Ceará, he spent his childhood in Senador Pompeu. He has a degree in business administration at the Federal University of Fortaleza.[2]

In 1984, Gomes started exchange program in Drayton Plains, Michigan where he took his first taekwondo class. In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles to start acting as a stunt for Art Camacho, where he started taking small tips in film direction. In 2004, after working as a stunt, Gomes decided to direct his first movie in Fortaleza. For the film script, Gomes went to the art school and placed a note saying that he was "looking for a writer" for an action/martial arts film. After having the project being fund by local tax incentive program, Sunland Heat: No Calor da Terra do Sol" premiered in local cinemas.[3]

With a major success with his films, Gomes directed in 2004 the short "Cine Holiúdy – the Good Guy Against the Bad Guy", that later lead for his feature film "Cine Holiúdy".[4] In 2008, co-directed the horror film "The Morgue" along Gerson Sanginitto.

After the good experience with "Cine Holiúdy", Gomes returned to the backlands of the ceára in November 2020 to shoot the film "Bem-vinda a Quixeramobim",[5] which will premiere at the 24th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris on April 3, 2022.[6]

Expected for the second semester of 2022, Gomes directed and wrote the series "O Cangaceiro do Futuro" project from Netflix's "Mais Brasil na Tela".[7]

Personal life

He holds a black belt in Taekwondo and before becoming a renowned film director, he owned a dojang (a martial arts school focused on Taekwondo) and was a stuntman.[8]

Filmography

Cinema

AnoTítuloNotas
2022Bem-vinda a Quixeramobim
2018Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sidereal
2017Os Parças
2016Shaolin do Sertão
2012Cine Holliúdy
2011As Mães de Chico XavierCodirected with Glauber Filho
2008The Morgue
2004Sunland Heat – No Calor da Terra do Sol

References

  1. Web site: Diretor do Cine Holliúdy será homenageado na Câmara Municipal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110504/http://wp.cmfor.ce.gov.br/cmfor/diretor-do-cine-holliudy-sera-homenageado-na-camara-municipal/ . 2016-11-25 . 2022-03-16 . Câmara Municipal de Fortaleza.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-27 . Com apoio da Secult, Halder Gomes e Marta Aurélia serão homenageados no 31° Cine Ceará . 2022-03-16 . Secretaria da Cultura . pt-BR.
  3. Web site: McLennan . Jim . 2005-11-28 . Feature: Halder Gomes and Sunland Heat: Fun in the Sun . 2022-03-17 . Girls With Guns . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2013-09-22 . Halder Gomes: o diretor do sucesso ‘Cine Holliúdy’ quer contar ao mundo histórias ‘made in Ceará’ . 2022-03-17 . O Globo . pt-BR.
  5. Web site: Bem-vinda a Quixeramobim - A nova comédia do Ceará . 2022-03-17 . Globo Filmes . pt-BR . 2022-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180336/https://globofilmes.globo.com/noticia/bem-vinda-a-quixeramobim-a-nova-comedia-do-ceara/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Povo . O. . 2022-03-07 . De Quixeramobim para Paris: filme de Halder Gomes estreia em festival . 2022-03-17 . O POVO . pt-br.
  7. Web site: Lang . Jamie . 2022-02-24 . Iconic Brazilian Bandit Lampião Returns in New Netflix Comedy Series ‘O Cangaceiro do Futuro’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 2022-03-17 . Variety . en-US.
  8. Web site: HALDER GOMES (CE). pt-BR. Instituto Moreira Salles. December 15, 2022.