José Mojica Marins

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