José Tadeu Ribeiro (pronounced: joe-ZEH TAH-deh-oo ree-BEH-ee-roo) is a Brazilian photography director. He did the direction of photography and camera for the 1984 Brazilian parody film Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz, alongside Antonio Gonçalves.
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Born on August 1, 1953 in the municipality of Três Corações, Minas Gerais, José Tadeu Ribeiro began his career through Lucila Avelar, his cousin, who at the time worked at the Cinemateca Brasileira, at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. She introduced him to Lauro Escorel, who invited him to be the second photography assistant on the 1976 film "Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia", by Hector Babenco, which entered the list made by ABRACCINE in 2015 of the 100 best Brazilian films of all time.
José Tadeu Ribeiro moves permanently to Rio de Janeiro, starting his career as a photography assistant on films such as "Bye Bye Brasil" and "Eles Não Usam Black Tie". In 1983, he directed the photography of the film "Noites do Sertão", which gave him the Candango and Índia Catalina de Ouro awards for best photography direction in 1984. He also won the 1984 Kikito de Ouro award for best photography direction for the 1984 film "Nunca Fomos Tão Felizes".
In the 1990s, José Tadeu Ribeiro begins working in commercials and advertising. With the resumption of Brazilian cinema, he returns to photographing films for cinema, such as "Menino Maluquinho - O Filme", from 1994, "O Mandarim", from 1995, and "Miramar", from 1996. He began his career on television with Daniel Filho, doing a few works for TV Globo, such as the series "Mulher", from 1997.