Directing
Ruy Guerra
Born 1931-08-22
Maputo, Moçambique
Department: Directing
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
Known For
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
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The House of Sand
2005
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The Guns
1964
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Erendira
1983
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Oblivious Memory
2018
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The Unscrupulous Ones
1962
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Cinema Novo
2016
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Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015
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Blue Blood
2014
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Sweet Hunters
1970
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (81 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Time, Knifed | Writer | Movie | 2026 |
| Time, Knifed | Original Story | Movie | 2026 |
 | A Fúria | Director | Movie | 2026 |
| A Fúria | Writer | Movie | 2026 |
 | In Pieces | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| In Pieces | Screenplay | Movie | 2025 |
 | Asa Real | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | Quando a Coisa Vira Outra | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Tempo Ruy | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Candango: Memoirs from a Festival | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Oblivious Memory | Voz do sapo | Movie | 2018 |
| Oblivious Memory | Director | Movie | 2018 |
 | Saudade | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Man Who Killed John Wayne | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Cinema Novo | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Gabo & Cinema | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Chico: Brazilian Artist | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | About Cinema | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Mirror | Consulting Editor | Movie | 2015 |
 | Blue Blood | Mumbebo | Movie | 2014 |
 | 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | In Evil Hour | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| In Evil Hour | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
 | Breathless | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | The House of Sand | Vasco de Sá | Movie | 2005 |
 | Portugal S.A. | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | A Linguagem do Cinema | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | Turbulence | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Turbulence | Director | Movie | 2000 |
 | Monsanto | Director | Movie | 2000 |
 | Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Dib | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Jew | Editor | Movie | 1996 |
 | I Sell My Dreams | Director | TV Series | 1994 |
| I Sell My Dreams | Writer | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier | Writer | Movie | 1990 |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier | Director | Movie | 1990 |
 | Kuarup | Director | Movie | 1989 |
| Kuarup | Writer | Movie | 1989 |
| Kuarup | Producer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Malandro | Producer | Movie | 1986 |
| Malandro | Writer | Movie | 1986 |
| Malandro | Director | Movie | 1986 |
| Nifrapo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização | Director | Movie | 1984 |
 | Erendira | Director | Movie | 1983 |
 | Mueda, Memory and Massacre | Director | Movie | 1982 |
| Mueda, Memory and Massacre | Editor | Movie | 1982 |
| Mueda, Memory and Massacre | Director of Photography | Movie | 1982 |
| La Lettre Volèe | Director | Movie | 1981 | |
 | Branded For Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
| Branded For Life | Editor | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Fall | Writer | Movie | 1976 |
| The Fall | Director | Movie | 1976 |
| The Fall | Music | Movie | 1976 |
| The Fall | Editor | Movie | 1976 |
 | Aguirre, the Wrath of God | Don Pedro de Ursúa | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Suns of Easter Island | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Brazil in Cannes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Le Maître du temps | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Benito Cereno | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Of Gods and the Undead | Screenplay | Movie | 1970 |
| Of Gods and the Undead | Editor | Movie | 1970 |
| Of Gods and the Undead | Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | Sweet Hunters | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| Sweet Hunters | Writer | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Guns | Director | Movie | 1964 |
| The Guns | Screenplay | Movie | 1964 |
| The Guns | Editor | Movie | 1964 |
 | Esse Mundo é Meu | Editor | Movie | 1964 |
 | O Santo Módico | Assistant Director | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Beggars | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
| The Beggars | Editor | Movie | 1963 |
 | Five Times Favela | Editor | Movie | 1962 |
 | Le Tout pour le tout | Assistant Director | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Unscrupulous Ones | Director | Movie | 1962 |
| The Unscrupulous Ones | Writer | Movie | 1962 |
 | S.O.S. Noronha | Miguel | Movie | 1957 |
| Quand Le Soleil Dort | Director | Movie | 1954 |