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Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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.

Et billede af Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Directing

1949

[ ] Juventude (Director)

1953

[ ] O Saci (Assistant Director)

1955

[ ] Rio, 100 Degrees F° (Director)

1957

[ ] Rio, Northern Zone (Director)

1961

[ ] Red Mandacaru (Director)

1963

[ ] Barren Lives (Director)
[ ] Golden Mouth (Director)

1964

[ ] A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow (Director)

1965

[ ] O Rio de Machado de Assis (Director)

1966

[ ] Fala Brasília (Director)

1967

[ ] El Justicero (Director)

1968

[ ] Hunger for Love (Director)

1970

[ 5/10 ] The Alienist (Director)

1971

[ ] How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Director)

1972

[ ] Jornalismo e Independência (Director)
[ ] Who Is Beta? (Director)
[ ] Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier (Director)

1974

[ ] The Amulet of Ogum (Director)

1977

[ ] Tent of Miracles (Director)

1980

[ ] Um Ladrão (Director)
[ ] The Highway of Life (Director)

1982

[ ] A Missa do Galo (Director)
[ ] Insônia (Director)

1984

[ ] Memories of Prison (Director)

1987

[ ] Jubiabá (Director)

1994

[ ] The Third Bank of the River (Director)

1995

[ ] Cinema de Lágrimas (Director)

2001

[ ] Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (Director)
[ ] Casa Grande & Senzala (Director)

2004

[ ] Raízes do Brasil (Director)

2006

[ ] Brasília 18% (Director)

2007

[ ] Português - A Língua do Brasil (Director)

2012

[ ] The Music According to Tom Jobim (Director)

2013

[ ] A Luz do Tom (Director)

Writing

1955

[ ] Rio, 100 Degrees F° (Story)
[ ] Rio, 100 Degrees F° (Screenplay)

1957

[ ] Rio, Northern Zone (Screenplay)

1961

[ ] Red Mandacaru (Writer)

1963

[ ] Barren Lives (Screenplay)
[ ] Golden Mouth (Writer)

1964

[ ] A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow (Writer)

1967

[ ] El Justicero (Writer)

1968

[ ] Hunger for Love (Writer)

1970

[ 5/10 ] The Alienist (Screenplay)

1971

[ ] How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Writer)

1972

[ ] Who Is Beta? (Writer)

1974

[ ] The Amulet of Ogum (Writer)

1977

[ ] Tent of Miracles (Writer)

1980

[ ] Um Ladrão (Writer)

1982

[ ] A Missa do Galo (Writer)
[ ] Insônia (Writer)

1984

[ ] Memories of Prison (Writer)

1987

[ ] Jubiabá (Writer)

1994

[ ] The Third Bank of the River (Screenplay)

1995

[ ] Cinema de Lágrimas (Screenplay)

2006

[ ] Brasília 18% (Writer)

2012

[ ] The Music According to Tom Jobim (Screenplay)

Production

1958

[ ] O Grande Momento (Producer)

1961

[ ] Red Mandacaru (Producer)

1965

[ ] The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (Associate Producer)

1967

[ ] A Public Opinion (Producer)
[ ] El Justicero (Producer)

1974

[ ] The Amulet of Ogum (Producer)

1975

[ ] As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro (Producer)

1982

[ ] Go Ahead, Brazil! (Assistant Production Manager)
[ ] O côco do Macalé (Producer)

1984

[ ] Memories of Prison (Producer)

1987

[ ] Jubiabá (Executive Producer)

1988

[ ] Sonhei com Você (Producer)

Crew

1974

[ ] The Amulet of Ogum (Cinematography)

Editing

1962

[ ] The Turning Wind (Editor)
[ ] Menino da Calça Branca (Editor)
[ ] Five Times Favela (Editor)

1964

[ ] Absolute Majority (Editor)

1966

[ ] Fala Brasília (Editor)

1968

[ ] Cantores e Trovadores (Editor)

Camera

1972

[ ] Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier (Camera Operator)

Actor

1961

[ ] Red Mandacaru (Augusto)

1967

[ ] Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (Self)

1969

[ ] Garden of War (????)

1971

[ ] Brazil in Cannes (????)
[ ] Nelson Filma (????)

1989

[ ] Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (Self)

1991

[ ] Que Viva Glauber! (????)
[ ] Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (????)

1997

[ ] Dib (Self)

1998

[ ] For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (????)

1999

[ ] Uma Vida Dividida (Ele mesmo)

2002

[ ] How to Die in Cinema (Himself)
[ ] At the Edge of the Earth (Self)

2003

[ ] Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (Self)

2006

[ ] Referências (Self)

2007

[ ] Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (Self)
[ ] Português - A Língua do Brasil (????)
[ ] Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air (Self)

2008

[ ] Critic (Self)
[ ] A Paz é Dourada (????)
[ ] Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal (Self)

2011

[ ] Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (Self (archive footage))

2013

[ ] Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (????)

2014

[ ] O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro (????)

2015

[ ] Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (Self)
[ ] Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (Self)

2016

[ ] Cinema Novo (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

2017

[ ] Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (Self)

2018

[ ] A música que meu pai gostava (????)

2019

[ ] Memórias do Grupo Opinião (Self (archive footage))

2020

[ ] Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (Self (archive footage))

2021

[ ] The Good Cinema (Self)
[ ] Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (Self)
[ ] Nelson Filma o Rio (Self (archive footage))

2023

[ ] Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (Self (archive footage))

2025

[ ] Amuleto (????)