Jean Garrett

José Antônio Gomes Nunes e Silva 19471996 better known as Jean Garrett was a PortugueseBrazilian actor producer screenwriter filmmaker and occasional actor A native from the archipelago of Açores Portugal he moved to Brazil to become one of the most wellknown directors of the São Paulo exploitation production pole known as Boca do Lixo Garrett is celebrated for his highly formalist directorial style ability of mixing erotic appeal with bold themes and successful approach to various genres With a career that spanned for 20 years with over 18 features Garrett directed noiresque police stories thrillers horror and disaster pictures By the midtolate 1980s when the Boca do Lixo started almost exclusively to produce explicit pornographic films Garrett finished his filmmaking career after directing a series of explicit features under the screen credit of JA Nunes a pseudonym that evoked his actual birth name He died from a heart attack in 1996 10 years after his retirement from filmmaking