Lael Rodrigues
{{Short description|Brazilian filmmaker (1951–1989)}}
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| birth_name = Lael Alves Rodrigues
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|11|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|2|8|1951|11|25|mf=y}}
| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| alma_mater = Fluminense Federal University
| occupation = Film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter
| years_active = 1973–1988
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| parents = Joaquim Rodrigues
Helle Alves
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Lael Alves Rodrigues (November 25, 1951 – February 8, 1989) was a Brazilian film director, producer, editor and screenwriter.
Biography
Rodrigues was born in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, on November 25, 1951, and raised in Caldas, Minas Gerais.[http://www.sidneyrezende.com/noticia/29750+uma+homenagem+a+lael+rodrigues Uma homenagem a Lael Rodrigues] {{in lang|pt}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.congressodorock.com.br/evento/anais/2013/artigos/3/artigo_simposio_4_Lael_Rodrigues.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184011/http://www.congressodorock.com.br/evento/anais/2013/artigos/3/artigo_simposio_4_Lael_Rodrigues.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} He was the son of journalist Joaquim Rodrigues and of Helle Alves, sister of actress Vida Alves. Having a penchant for arts since as a child, Rodrigues went on to study Architecture at the University of Brasília, but did not finish the course; he then moved to Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro, where he graduated in Cinema at the Fluminense Federal University.{{cite web|url=http://www.historiadocinemabrasileiro.com.br/lael-rodrigues/|title=Lael Rodrigues (1951–1989)|work=História do Cinema Brasileiro|date=December 9, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2018|language=Portuguese}}
His first work was in the 1973 film Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo!, directed by Hugo Carvana, where he served as assistant director; however, he was not credited. In 1976 he founded alongside Tizuka Yamasaki and Carlos Alberto Diniz a film studio, CPC, which worked on numerous other films by Carvana and Yamasaki's own Parahyba Mulher Macho and Gaijin: Roads to Freedom.
Rodrigues' directorial debut, Bete Balanço, came out in 1984, which he also wrote and starred Débora Bloch and Lauro Corona.[http://www.autobahn.com.br/filmes/bete_balanco.html Bete Balanço] {{in lang|pt}} It would be followed by 1985's Rock Estrela and 1987's Rádio Pirata. All of his three films were highly successful, particularly among teenagers, and are notable for their rock- and new wave-laden soundtracks containing songs by bands and singers popular at the time, such as Celso Blues Boy, Lobão, Titãs, Barão Vermelho, RPM, Azul 29, Dr. Silvana & Cia., Léo Jaime and Metrô, among others.
Lael died on February 8, 1989, due to a rupture in his esophagus which eventually led to an acute pancreatitis.[http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Lael%20Rodrigues.htm Pró-TV: Lael Rodrigues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110141/http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Lael%20Rodrigues.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|pt}} His last credited work was the 1988 film Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral, which he executive-produced and starred famous television presenter Xuxa Meneghel. Lael was survived by his son, Luan.
Filmography
=As director=
- 1984: Bete Balanço (also wrote)
- 1985: Rock Estrela (also edited)
- 1987: Rádio Pirata (also wrote and produced)
=As producer=
- 1980: J. S. Brown, o Último Herói (also edited; directed by José Frazão)
- 1985: Patriamada (directed by Tizuka Yamasaki)
- 1988: Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral (directed by Anna Penido and David Sonneschein)
=As editor=
- 1978: Se Segura, Malandro! (directed by Hugo Carvana)
- 1980: Gaijin: Roads to Freedom (directed by Tizuka Yamasaki)
- 1983: Bar Esperança (directed by Hugo Carvana)
- 1983: Parahyba Mulher Macho (directed by Tizuka Yamasaki)
=As assistant director=
- 1973: Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo! (directed by Hugo Carvana; uncredited)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|735139}}
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Category:Portuguese-language film directors
Category:Brazilian film directors
Category:Brazilian film producers
Category:Brazilian film editors
Category:People from São Paulo (state)
Category:Deaths from pancreatitis
Category:University of Brasília alumni