Person

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Directing · 1928–2018 · São Paulo, Brazil

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 Brazilian films of all time, being recognized as a masterpiece. In 2006, he was elected Immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, a position he held until his death in 2018.

Known for

Filmography

2025Amuleto
2023Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2021Já que Ninguém me Tira Para DançarSelf
2021The Good CinemaSelf
2021Nelson Filma o RioSelf (archive footage)
2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalSelf (archive footage)
2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoSelf (archive footage)
2018A música que meu pai gostava
2017Brazilian Cinema in the 20th CenturySelf
2016Cinema NovoSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo BárbaroSelf
2015Tudo Por Amor ao CinemaSelf
2014O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2013A Luz do TomDirector
2013Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2012The Music According to Tom JobimDirector
2011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema BrasileiroSelf (archive footage)
2008A Paz é Dourada
2008CriticSelf
2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta PrincipalSelf
2007Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?Self
2007Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of AirSelf
2007Português - A Língua do Brasil
2006Brasília 18%Writer
2006ReferênciasSelf
2004Raízes do BrasilDirector
2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf
2002At the Edge of the EarthSelf
2002How to Die in CinemaHimself
2001Meu Compadre, Zé KettiDirector
2001Casa Grande & SenzalaDirector
2001Casa Grande & SenzalaDirector
1999Uma Vida DivididaEle mesmo
1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1997DibSelf
1995Cinema of TearsDirector
1994The Third Bank of the RiverDirector
1991Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991Que Viva Glauber!
1989Alex Viany - Um Documentário em VídeoSelf
1988Sonhei com VocêProducer
1987JubiabáDirector
1984Memories of PrisonProducer
1984Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchmanhimself
1984Claves, 2: We will return youngerhimself
1982O côco do MacaléProducer
1982Go Ahead, Brazil!Assistant Production Manager
1982A Missa do GaloWriter
1982InsôniaWriter
1980The Highway of LifeDirector
1980Um LadrãoDirector
1977Tent of MiraclesDirector
1975As Aventuras Amorosas de um PadeiroProducer
1974The Amulet of OgumDirector
1972Who Is Beta?Director
1972Jornalismo e IndependênciaDirector
1972Uma Mensagem de Chico XavierDirector
1971Brazil in Cannes
1971How Tasty Was My Little FrenchmanWriter
1971Nelson Filma
1970The AlienistDirector
1969Garden of War
1968Hunger for LoveDirector
1968Cantores e TrovadoresEditor
1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema NovoSelf
1967El JusticeroDirector
1967A Public OpinionProducer
1966Fala BrasíliaEditor
1965The Hour and Turn of Augusto MatragaAssociate Producer
1965O Rio de Machado de AssisDirector
1964Absolute MajorityEditor
1964A Seventy-Four Year-Old FellowWriter
1963Barren LivesDirector
1963Golden MouthDirector
1962Five Times FavelaEditor
1962The Turning WindEditor
1962Menino da Calça BrancaEditor
1961Red MandacaruAugusto
1958The Grand MomentProducer
1957Rio, Northern ZoneDirector
1955Rio, 100 Degrees F°Director
1951O SaciAssistant Director
1949JuventudeDirector

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