8.2
8.2
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
Screenplay
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
Born:October 22, 1928
Died:April 12, 2018(aged 89)
Birthplace:São Paulo, Brazil
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CommunityBiography
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 (63 movies)
8.0
8.0
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
8.0
8.0
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
as Self
7.5
7.5
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
as Self
7.5
7.5
Raízes do Brasil
2004
Director
7.3
7.3
Barren Lives
1963
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
as Self
7.1
7.1
Garden of War
1969
7.0
7.0
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
Director
7.0
7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
as Self
6.7
6.7
Cinema Novo
2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Memories of Prison
1984
Writer
6.6
6.6
Red Mandacaru
1961
Producer
6.5
6.5
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
1975
Producer
6.5
6.5
The Highway of Life
1980
Director
6.3
6.3
The Alienist
1970
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
The Amulet of Ogum
1974
Writer
6.2
6.2
Golden Mouth
1963
Writer
6.1
6.1
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
Writer
5.8
5.8
How to Die in Cinema
2002
as Himself
5.8
5.8
A Missa do Galo
1982
Writer
5.7
5.7
O Grande Momento
1958
Producer
5.6
5.6
A Public Opinion
1967
Producer
5.4
5.4
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001
Director
5.4
5.4
El Justicero
1967
Producer
5.4
5.4
The Third Bank of the River
1994
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Jubiabá
1987
Director
5.1
5.1
Who Is Beta?
1972
Director
5.0
5.0
A Luz do Tom
2013
Director
4.8
4.8
Hunger for Love
1968
Director
4.7
4.7
Tent of Miracles
1977
Director
4.6
4.6
Cinema de Lágrimas
1995
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Brasília 18%
2006
Writer
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
as Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
as Self
A música que meu pai gostava
2018
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Good Cinema
2021
as Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Referências
2006
as Self
Amuleto
2025
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007
Director
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
as Self
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989
as Self
Dib
1997
as Self
Nelson Filma
1971
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
as Self
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964
Writer
Um Ladrão
1980
Director
Fala Brasília
1966
Director
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001
Director
Sonhei com Você
1988
Producer
Insônia
1982
Writer
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972
Director
Juventude
1949
Director
Jornalismo e Independência
1972
Director
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