Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
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.
Born: October 22, 1928 · São Paulo, Brazil
Filmography (29)
Cinema Novo
2016
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
Critic
2008
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
Brasília 18%
2006
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
Jubiabá
1987
Memories of Prison
1984
Go Ahead, Brazil!
1982
A Missa do Galo
1982
Tent of Miracles
1977
The Amulet of Ogum
1974
Who Is Beta?
1972
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
The Alienist
1970
Garden of War
1969
Hunger for Love
1968
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
El Justicero
1967
A Public Opinion
1967
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965
Absolute Majority
1964
Barren Lives
1963
Five Times Favela
1962
The Turning Wind
1962
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
O Saci
1953