Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
Born October 22, 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Filmography
Amuleto
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
The Good Cinema
Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
A Luz do Tom
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
Critic
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Self
Brasília 18%
Referências
Self
Raízes do Brasil
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
How to Die in Cinema
Himself
Casa Grande & Senzala
Casa Grande & Senzala
Uma Vida Dividida
Ele mesmo
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Dib
Self
Cinema of Tears
The Third Bank of the River
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Que Viva Glauber!
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Self
Sonhei com Você
Jubiabá
Memories of Prison
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
himself
Claves, 2: We will return younger
himself
O côco do Macalé
Go Ahead, Brazil!
A Missa do Galo
Insônia
The Highway of Life
Um Ladrão
Tent of Miracles
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
The Amulet of Ogum
Who Is Beta?
Jornalismo e Independência
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Brazil in Cannes
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Nelson Filma
The Alienist
Garden of War
Hunger for Love
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
El Justicero
A Public Opinion
Fala Brasília
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
O Rio de Machado de Assis
Absolute Majority
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Barren Lives
Golden Mouth
Five Times Favela
The Turning Wind
Red Mandacaru
Augusto
The Grand Moment
Rio, Northern Zone
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
O Saci