Directing
Glauber Rocha
Born 1939-03-14
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Department: Directing
Biography
Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Vitória da Conquista, March 14, 1939 — Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 1981) was a Brazilian filmmaker, considered by critics, specialized journalists and the public as one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian cinema. Revered as a revolutionary genius, he was one of the founders of the avant-garde Cinema Novo movement, and many of his works, such as Deus e o Diabo Na Terra do Sol, Terra em Transe and O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro, are often listed as some of the best Brazilian films of all time.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Glauber Rocha
TV
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Ciné regards
1978
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Simon of the Desert
1965
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Black God, White Devil
1964
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Entranced Earth
1967
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Movie
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Antonio das Mortes
1969
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Tropicália
2012
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The Turning Wind
1962
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Wind from the East
1970
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The Lion Has Seven Heads
1971
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The Age of the Earth
1980
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (117 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ensaios Sobre Helena | Original Concept | Movie | 2025 |
 | Golpe de Vista | (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | 11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Steps | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Good Cinema | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Candango: Memoirs from a Festival | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Glauber, Claro | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Race Antenna | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | O Fantasma de Glauber Rocha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Mulher da Luz Própria | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Memórias do Grupo Opinião | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Cinema Novo | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
| Os Cravos e a Rocha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2015 |
| Life is Strange | Himself | Movie | 2015 | |
| Life is Strange | Director of Photography | Movie | 2015 | |
| El Viaje Glauber | Ele mesmo | Movie | 2015 | |
 | O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
 | Tropicália | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | A Hora do leão - Os sete leões de Glauber | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | Três cortes para Glauber | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
 | Ecos de Cannes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | O Retorno do Dragão | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2008 |
 | Days in Sintra | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Milagrez | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2008 |
| Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 | |
 | O Brasil de Glauber Rocha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Manifesto Glauber | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Depois do Transe | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2006 |
 | I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2005 |
 | A Degola Fatal | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2005 |
 | Retrato da Terra | Ele mesmo | Movie | 2004 |
 | Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Abry | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Rocha Que Voa | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Another Country | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | A Mãe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | Entangling Shadows | (voice) | Movie | 1998 |
 | Dib | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
| At Midnight with Glauber Rocha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 | |
 | Que Viva Glauber! | (archive footage) | Movie | 1991 |
 | L'Homme aux cheveux bleus | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1989 |
 | No Tempo de Glauber | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
| Loja dos Trapos do Coração | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Quem Quiser Fazer Que Faça Agora | Self | Movie | 1981 |
 | Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Age of the Earth | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 1980 |
| The Age of the Earth | Director | Movie | 1980 |
| The Age of the Earth | Writer | Movie | 1980 |
| The Age of the Earth | Producer | Movie | 1980 |
 | Abertura | Self - Host | Movie | 1979 |
| Abertura | Director | Movie | 1979 |
 | ORG | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1979 |
 | Jorge Amado no Cinema | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
| Jorge Amado no Cinema | Director | Movie | 1979 |
 | Ciné regards | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Guns and the People | Himself | Movie | 1977 |
| The Guns and the People | Director | Movie | 1977 |
 | Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber | Narrator | Movie | 1977 |
| Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber | Director | Movie | 1977 |
 | Claro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
| Claro | Director | Movie | 1975 |
| Claro | Writer | Movie | 1975 |
| Claro | Producer | Movie | 1975 |
 | Mauro, Humberto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | History of Brazil | Director | Movie | 1974 |
| History of Brazil | Writer | Movie | 1974 |
 | Paloma, Paloma | Si mesmo | Movie | 1972 |
 | Câncer | Self | Movie | 1972 |
| Câncer | Director | Movie | 1972 |
| Câncer | Producer | Movie | 1972 |
| Câncer | Writer | Movie | 1972 |
| Paloma, Paloma | Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Lion Has Seven Heads | Director | Movie | 1971 |
| The Lion Has Seven Heads | Screenplay | Movie | 1971 |
| The Lion Has Seven Heads | Editor | Movie | 1971 |
 | Tatu Bola | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
| Tatu Bola | Co-Director | Movie | 1971 |
 | Cutting Heads | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| Cutting Heads | Screenstory | Movie | 1970 |
 | Wind from the East | (uncredited) | Movie | 1970 |
 | Diario Spagnolo | Él mismo | Movie | 1970 |
 | Bahia, For Example | Self | Movie | 1969 |
 | Brazil Year 2000 | Producer | Movie | 1969 |
 | Antonio das Mortes | Production Design | Movie | 1969 |
| Antonio das Mortes | Screenplay | Movie | 1969 |
| Antonio das Mortes | Director | Movie | 1969 |
| Antonio das Mortes | Producer | Movie | 1969 |
| Antonio das Mortes | Costume Design | Movie | 1969 |
 | 1968 | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Colagem | Self | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Girl from Ipanema | Story | Movie | 1967 |
 | Entranced Earth | Director | Movie | 1967 |
| Entranced Earth | Screenplay | Movie | 1967 |
| Entranced Earth | Producer | Movie | 1967 |
 | Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo | Self | Movie | 1967 |
 | Plantation Boy | Producer | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Big City | Producer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Maranhão 66 | Director | Movie | 1966 |
 | Amazonas, Amazonas | Director | Movie | 1966 |
| Amazonas, Amazonas | Writer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Simon of the Desert | Man in nightclub (uncredited) | Movie | 1965 |
 | Black God, White Devil | Writer | Movie | 1964 |
| Black God, White Devil | Director | Movie | 1964 |
| Black God, White Devil | Associate Producer | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Turning Wind | Director | Movie | 1962 |
| The Turning Wind | Screenplay | Movie | 1962 |
 | Tocaia no Asfalto | Production Manager | Movie | 1962 |
 | A Grande Feira | Homem empurrando mulher | Movie | 1961 |
| A Grande Feira | Executive Producer | Movie | 1961 |
 | O Pátio | Director | Movie | 1959 |
| O Pátio | Producer | Movie | 1959 |
| O Pátio | Writer | Movie | 1959 |
 | Cruz na Praça | Director | Movie | — |