Directing

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Born 1928-10-22

São Paulo, Brazil

Department: Directing

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.

1982

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (116 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Amuleto	Self / Appearance	Movie	2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2023
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar	Self	Movie	2021
The Good Cinema	Self	Movie	2021
Nelson Filma o Rio	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2020
Memórias do Grupo Opinião	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2019
A música que meu pai gostava	Self / Appearance	Movie	2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century	Self	Movie	2017
Cinema Novo	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Movie	2016
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro	Self	Movie	2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema	Self	Movie	2015
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro	Self / Appearance	Movie	2014
A Luz do Tom	Director	Movie	2013
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade	Self / Appearance	Movie	2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim	Director	Movie	2012
The Music According to Tom Jobim	Screenplay	Movie	2012
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2011
A Paz é Dourada	Self / Appearance	Movie	2008
Critic	Self	Movie	2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal	Self	Movie	2008
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?	Self	Movie	2007
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air	Self	Movie	2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil	Self / Appearance	Movie	2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil	Director	Movie	2007
Brasília 18%	Writer	Movie	2006
Brasília 18%	Director	Movie	2006
Referências	Self	Movie	2006
Raízes do Brasil	Director	Movie	2004
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth	Self	Movie	2003
At the Edge of the Earth	Self	Movie	2002
How to Die in Cinema	Himself	Movie	2002
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti	Director	Movie	2001
Casa Grande & Senzala	Director	Movie	2001
Casa Grande & Senzala	Director	TV Series	2001
Uma Vida Dividida	Ele mesmo	Movie	1999
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória	Self / Appearance	Movie	1998
Dib	Self	Movie	1997
Cinema of Tears	Director	Movie	1995
Cinema of Tears	Screenplay	Movie	1995
The Third Bank of the River	Director	Movie	1994
The Third Bank of the River	Screenplay	Movie	1994
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?	Self / Appearance	Movie	1991
Que Viva Glauber!	Self / Appearance	Movie	1991
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo	Self	Movie	1989
Sonhei com Você	Producer	Movie	1988
Jubiabá	Director	Movie	1987
Jubiabá	Executive Producer	Movie	1987
Jubiabá	Writer	Movie	1987
Memories of Prison	Producer	Movie	1984
Memories of Prison	Writer	Movie	1984
Memories of Prison	Director	Movie	1984
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman	himself	Movie	1984
Claves, 2: We will return younger	himself	Movie	1984
O côco do Macalé	Producer	Movie	1982
Go Ahead, Brazil!	Assistant Production Manager	Movie	1982
A Missa do Galo	Writer	Movie	1982
A Missa do Galo	Director	Movie	1982
Insônia	Writer	Movie	1982
Insônia	Director	Movie	1982
The Highway of Life	Director	Movie	1980
Um Ladrão	Director	Movie	1980
Um Ladrão	Writer	Movie	1980
Tent of Miracles	Director	Movie	1977
Tent of Miracles	Writer	Movie	1977
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro	Producer	Movie	1975
The Amulet of Ogum	Director	Movie	1974
The Amulet of Ogum	Producer	Movie	1974
The Amulet of Ogum	Cinematography	Movie	1974
The Amulet of Ogum	Writer	Movie	1974
Who Is Beta?	Director	Movie	1972
Who Is Beta?	Writer	Movie	1972
Jornalismo e Independência	Director	Movie	1972
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier	Director	Movie	1972
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier	Camera Operator	Movie	1972
Brazil in Cannes	Self / Appearance	Movie	1971
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman	Writer	Movie	1971
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman	Director	Movie	1971
Nelson Filma	Self / Appearance	Movie	1971
The Alienist	Director	Movie	1970
The Alienist	Screenplay	Movie	1970
Garden of War	Self / Appearance	Movie	1969
Hunger for Love	Director	Movie	1968
Hunger for Love	Writer	Movie	1968
Cantores e Trovadores	Editor	Movie	1968
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo	Self	Movie	1967
El Justicero	Director	Movie	1967
El Justicero	Producer	Movie	1967
El Justicero	Writer	Movie	1967
A Public Opinion	Producer	Movie	1967
Fala Brasília	Editor	Movie	1966
Fala Brasília	Director	Movie	1966
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga	Associate Producer	Movie	1965
O Rio de Machado de Assis	Director	Movie	1965
Absolute Majority	Editor	Movie	1964
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow	Writer	Movie	1964
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow	Director	Movie	1964
Barren Lives	Director	Movie	1963
Barren Lives	Screenplay	Movie	1963
Golden Mouth	Director	Movie	1963
Golden Mouth	Writer	Movie	1963
Five Times Favela	Editor	Movie	1962
The Turning Wind	Editor	Movie	1962
Menino da Calça Branca	Editor	Movie	1962
Red Mandacaru	Augusto	Movie	1961
Red Mandacaru	Writer	Movie	1961
Red Mandacaru	Producer	Movie	1961
Red Mandacaru	Director	Movie	1961
The Grand Moment	Producer	Movie	1958
Rio, Northern Zone	Director	Movie	1957
Rio, Northern Zone	Screenplay	Movie	1957
Rio, 100 Degrees F°	Director	Movie	1955
Rio, 100 Degrees F°	Story	Movie	1955
Rio, 100 Degrees F°	Screenplay	Movie	1955
O Saci	Assistant Director	Movie	1951
Juventude	Director	Movie	1949