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.
Filmography
all 121
Movies 116
Director 28
self 25
Producer 6
TV Shows 5
Writer 2
Narrator 1
Coffin Joe / Director / Story / Producer

The Curse (2021)
Movie
In Memory Of

Texas Carlos Massacre (2021)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Ivan, the TerrirBle (2020)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy (2020)
Movie
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Cult of Terror (2017)
Movie
Director

Memórias da Boca (2015)
Movie
Zé do Caixão

Afonso é uma Brazza (2015)
Movie
Gerente do Banco

Entrando Numa Roubada (2015)
Movie
Director

Dark Fables (2015)
Movie
6
Pastor / Director

O Saci (2015)
Movie
Selfie

Liz Vamp (2013)
Movie
Narrador Convidado

O Beijo na Morte (2012)
Movie
Master of the World

Gurcius Gewdner Show (2010)
Movie
Zé do Caixão

FilmeFobia (2008)
Movie
Script Supervisor

Pousada da Paz (2008)
Movie
Zé do Caixão / Writer / Director

Embodiment of Evil (2008)
Movie
5.86
Coffin Joe (voice) / Original Film Writer

Undertaker (2008)
Movie
Director

Pináculo da Miséria (2007)
Movie
Zé do Caixão

5 Mentiras (2006)
Movie
Apresentador

Lâmia, Vampiro! (2005)
Movie
Coffin Joe / Director

Necrophagia - Nightmare Scenarios (2004)
Movie
Dono da Funerária

Um Show de Verão (2004)
Movie
7.33
Narrator

A Lasanha Assassina (2002)
Movie
Dr. Ziggy

As Aventuras de Tiazinha (1999)
TV
Silva 3

Ed Mort (1997)
Movie
Padre / Cavaleiro do Medo

Coffin Joe Tales (1997)
Movie
(as Coffin Joe)

Babu - Damned Revenge (1996)
Movie
Lúcio Fera

Olho por Olho (1988)
TV
Self / Director / Writer / Producer

Demons and Wonders (1987)
Movie
Dr. Honório

Fatal Hours (1987)
Movie
Director

Hour of Fear (1986)
Movie
Explorador

The Secret of the Mummy (1982)
Movie
Host / Creator / Writer / Director

A Show From Another World (1981)
TV
Mauro / Director / Writer

World Market of Sex (1979)
Movie
Vitorio Palestrina / Story / Screenplay / Director

Perversion (1979)
Movie
Himself / Zé do Caixão / Director / Screenplay / Producer

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978)
Movie
Director

The Marble Goddess (1978)
Movie
Professor Pearson

The Abyss (1977)
Movie
Dr. George Medeiros / Director / Screenplay / Producer

Hellish Flesh (1977)
Movie
Director

Consoling Widows (1976)
Movie
Zé do Caixão / Director / Screenplay / Producer

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (1976)
Movie
José Mojica Marins / Zé do Caixão / Director / Writer / Story

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974)
Movie
Finis Hominis / Director / Writer

When the Gods Fall Asleep (1972)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

D'Gajão Mata Para Vingar (1972)
Movie
Ermitão / Director

Sex and Blood on Treasure Trail (1972)
Movie
Finis Hominis / Director / Screenplay

The End of Man (1971)
Movie
Himself / Zé do Caixão / Director / Story / Producer

The Awakening of the Beast (1970)
Movie
Zé das Penitências

The Godless Bandit (1970)
Movie
Professor Oãxiac Odéz / Zé do Caixão / Director / Story / Producer

The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)
Movie
Host / Creator / Writer

Strange World of Coffin Joe: TV Serie (1968)
TV
Director / Writer

Trilogy of Terror (1968)
Movie
Host / Creator / Director / Writer

Beyond, Far Beyond the Beyond (1967)
TV
Zé do Caixão / Director / Producer / Screenplay

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
Movie
4.36
Director / Story

The Devil in Old Town (1966)
Movie
Director

Nightmare (1965)
Movie
Zé do Caixão / Screenplay / Director / Story

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Movie
4.5
Father / Director / Writer

My Destiny is in Your Hands (1963)
Movie
Director / Writer

Adventurer's Fate (1958)
Movie
Sultão / Writer / Producer / Director

Bloody Kingdom (1948)
Movie
Gallery


Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-03-13
Deathday2020-02-19 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceSão Paulo, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
Also Known AsJ. Avelar
AwardsOrdem do Mérito Cultural
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