Gal Costa

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Gal Costa was an awarded singer with an extensive solo discography and international experience. A fundamental presence in the Tropicalia movement, she has been in Brazil's leading team of singers for decades.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

26 September 1945, 80 years old

Known For

Meu Nome é Gal

Tropicália

Os Doces Bárbaros

The Music According to Tom Jobim

Nosferato in Brazil

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

Meu Nome é Gal

The Demiurge

The Mandarin

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

Self (archive footage)

2025

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

Self (archive footage)

2024

Meu Nome é Gal

Self (archive footage)

2023

TropiGal

Self (archive footage)

2023

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

Self (archive footage)

2022

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

Self (archive footage)

2022

Todas as Melodias

Self (archive footage)

2020

Numéro un - Demis Roussos

Self

2020

Gal Costa: A Pele do Futuro – Ao Vivo

Self

2019

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Self

2019

Gal Costa: Estratosférica – Ao Vivo

Self

2017

Tropicália: 50 Anos

Self (archive footage)

2017

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

Self (archive footage)

2017

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

Self

2017

Gal Costa: Recanto – Ao Vivo

Self

2013

Tropicália

Self (archive footage)

2012

The Music According to Tom Jobim

Self (archive footage)

2012

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Self

2008

Jorge Ben Jor - Energia

2007

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

2006

A Marca do Terrir

Self

2005

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

Self (archive footage)

2005

Gal Costa: Programa Ensaio

Self - Singer

2005

Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

Self

2003

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

2001

Gal Costa Sings Tom Jobim

Self - Singer

1999

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Self

1996

The Mandarin

Carmen Miranda

1995

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

Self - Vocalist

1995

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

Self

1992

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

Self

1989

Baby Gal

1983

Mulher 80

Self

1979

Os Doces Bárbaros

Self

1977

Índia

Self

1973

The Demiurge

1972

Gal Fa-Tal

Self

1971

A Nova Estrela

Self

1971

Nosferato in Brazil

1970

Meu Nome é Gal

Self

1970

Bahia, For Example

Self

1969

Gal Costa Especial - Profana

Self

Unknown