Geraldo Sarno
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-03-06
Day of Death
2022-02-22 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Poções, Bahia, Brazil
Geraldo Sarno
Biography
Geraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director.
Born in Poções, after studying law at the Universidad del Salvador Sarno moved to São Paulo where he became an assistant of Thomaz Farkas. He made his directorial debut in 1965 with the Farkas-produced Viramundo, about the internal migration in north-east Brazil, which was one of the major themes in his documentary career.
Among Sarno's best known works was the critically acclaimed film Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1978), a mix between documentary and fiction which has been described as "the last really significant title of the Cinema Novo movement". In 2008, he won the award for best direction at the Brasília Film Festival for the film Tudo Isto Me Parece Um Sonho, while in 2010 his film O Último Romance de Balzac was awarded the Special Jury Award at the Gramado Film Festival.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
(2016)
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2014)
Reviramundo
as Ele mesmo
(2008)
Eu Carrego um Cinema Dentro de Mim
as himself
(2008)
Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho
as Himself
(2008)
Milagrez
as Self
(2006)
Depois do Transe
as Self
Crew
(2019)
Sertânia
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(2016)
A Linguagem do Cinema II
Director
(2011)
Balzac's Last Novel
Director, Writer
(2008)
Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho
Director, Writer
(2001)
Ana Carolina no País do Cinema
Director
(2001)
A Linguagem do Cinema
Writer, Producer, Director
(2000)
(1992)
Mídia, mentiras e democracia: zona de fronteira
Director, Writer
(1987)
Deus é um Fogo
Director
(1984)
A Terra Queima
Director, Writer
(1982)
O Côco de Macalé
Director
(1980)
(1979)
Colonel Delmiro Gouveia
Director, Screenplay
(1978)
Plantar nas Estrelas
Writer, Director
(1976)
Iaô: A iniciação num terreiro Gege Nagô
Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Director
(1975)
Espaço Sagrado
Director
(1975)
Segunda-Feira
Director
(1974)
Casa Grande e Senzala
Director
(1973)
O Picapau Amarelo
Director, Writer
(1972)
Semana de Arte Moderna
Director
(1971)
Padre Cícero
Director, Editor
(1971)
Monteiro Lobato
Director, Editor, Writer
(1970)
Jornal do Sertão
Director
(1970)
A Cantoria
Director
(1970)
Viva Cariri
Writer, Director, Editor
(1970)
Os Imaginários
Director
(1970)
O Engenho
Screenplay, Director
(1970)
Casa de Farinha
Director
(1969)
Vitalino/Lampião
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
(1969)
Dramática Popular
Director, Researcher
(1968)
The Outsiders
Editor
(1968)
True Brazil
Director
(1967)
(1966)
Auto de Vitória
Director, Writer
(1965)
Viramundo
Director, Writer
(1965)
Roda & Outras Estórias
Writer
(1965)
El acoso
Assistant Director of Photography
(1965)
Roda e Outras Histórias
Screenplay
(1963)
La decisión
Assistant Director