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Eduardo Coutinho

Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.

Et billede af Eduardo Coutinho

Directing

1959

[ ] Le Telephone (Director)

1967

[ ] The ABC of Love (Director)

1968

[ ] The Man Who Bought the World (Director)

1971

[ ] Faustão (Director)

1976

[ ] Seis Dias de Ouricuri (Director)
[ ] Superstição (Director)

1977

[ ] O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada (Director)

1978

[ ] Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão (Director)

1979

[ ] Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja (Director)

1980

[ ] Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui (Director)

1984

[ ] Twenty Years Later (Director)

1987

[ ] Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro (Director)

1989

[ ] Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve (Director)

1990

[ ] O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem? (Director)

1991

[ ] The Memory Thread (Director)

1992

[ ] A Lei e a Vida (Director)

1993

[ ] The Scavengers (Director)

1994

[ ] Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero (Director)

1995

[ ] Seis Histórias (Director)

1996

[ ] Mulheres no Front (Director)

1997

[ ] Dá pra Segurar! (Director)

1999

[ ] The Mighty Spirit (Director)

2000

[ ] Porrada! (Director)

2001

[ ] Babilônia 2000 (Director)

2002

[ ] Master, a Building in Copacabana (Director)

2004

[ ] Metalworkers (Director)

2006

[ ] The End and the Beginning (Director)

2007

[ ] Playing (Director)

2009

[ ] Moscow (Director)

2010

[ ] A Day in the Life (Director)

2011

[ ] Songs (Director)

2014

[ ] Fifty Years Later (Director)
[ ] Sobreviventes de Galileia (Director)

2015

[ ] Last Conversations (Director)

Writing

1965

[ ] The Deceased (Writer)

1967

[ ] The Girl from Ipanema (Screenplay)
[ ] The Girl from Ipanema (Story)

1968

[ ] The Man Who Bought the World (Writer)

1971

[ ] Faustão (Screenplay)
[ ] Faustão (Story)

1974

[ ] Os Condenados (Screenplay)

1975

[ ] Love Lesson (Screenplay)

1976

[ ] Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Screenplay)
[ ] Seis Dias de Ouricuri (Writer)

1982

[ ] O Homem de Areia (Writer)
[ ] Índia, a Filha do Sol (Co-Writer)

1984

[ ] Twenty Years Later (Writer)

1993

[ ] Ulysses Cidadão (Writer)

1999

[ ] The Mighty Spirit (Writer)

2000

[ ] Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (Screenplay)

2002

[ ] Master, a Building in Copacabana (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] Playing (Screenplay)

2010

[ ] A Day in the Life (Writer)

2011

[ ] Songs (Writer)

Sound

1971

[ ] Faustão (Music)

Production

1962

[ ] Five Times Favela (Production Manager)

1984

[ ] Twenty Years Later (Producer)

2002

[ ] Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia (Consulting Producer)

2006

[ ] The End and the Beginning (Associate Producer)

Editing

2010

[ ] A Day in the Life (Editor)

Actor

1963

[ ] The Beggars (????)

1967

[ ] The Girl from Ipanema (????)

1972

[ ] Câncer (????)

1984

[ ] Twenty Years Later (Himself)

1991

[ ] The Memory Thread (Himself (Voice))

1997

[ ] Dib (Self)

1999

[ ] The Mighty Spirit (Self - Interviewer)

2001

[ ] Babilônia 2000 (Self)
[ ] Movie Theaters of Rio (Self)

2002

[ ] Madame Satã (Juiz)
[ ] Master, a Building in Copacabana (Interviewer)

2004

[ ] 1964: 40 Years After (????)

2008

[ ] Capturing Reality (Self)
[ ] Critic (Self)

2009

[ ] Coutinho.doc - Apartamento 608 (????)
[ ] Moscow (Self)

2011

[ ] Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira (Self)

2013

[ ] Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro (Himself)

2015

[ ] Last Conversations (Self)
[ ] Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (Self)
[ ] Sete Visitas (Self)

2019

[ ] Memórias do Grupo Opinião (Self (archive footage))
[ ] The Method (Self)
[ ] A Treat of Coutinho (Self)

2020

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

2025

[ ] Inhabiting Time (????)

????

[ ] Coutinho Reporter (hinself)