Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday22 October 1928
Died12 April 2018 (age 89)
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Known credits83
Biography
Nelson Pereira dos Santos ComRB • OMC (São Paulo, October 22, 1928 — Rio de Janeiro, April 21, 2018) was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. Having been one of the founders of the Cinema Novo movement, his production spans a period of 60 years in the history of Brazil. Considered one of the most important filmmakers in the country, he was strongly influenced by the works of the 1930s generation of Brazilian literary modernism, having adapted works by Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado for cinema. His film Vidas Secas, based on Graciliano's novel, is one of the most awarded Bra…
Amuleto
2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 · Self
The Good Cinema
2021 · Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava
2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Self
Cinema Novo
2016 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015 · Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015 · Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
A Luz do Tom
2013 · Director
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Director
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Screenplay
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011 · Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Critic
2008 · Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007 · Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007 · Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Director
Brasília 18%
2006 · Writer
Brasília 18%
2006 · Director
Referências
2006 · Self
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Director
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Self
At the Edge of the Earth
2002 · Self
How to Die in Cinema
2002 · Himself
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Director
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Director
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Director
Uma Vida Dividida
1999 · Ele mesmo
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Dib
1997 · Self
Cinema of Tears
1995 · Director
Cinema of Tears
1995 · Screenplay
The Third Bank of the River
1994 · Director
The Third Bank of the River
1994 · Screenplay
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989 · Self
Sonhei com Você
1988 · Producer
Jubiabá
1987 · Director
Jubiabá
1987 · Executive Producer
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