Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-10-22
Day of Death
2018-04-12 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
São Paulo, Brazil
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Good Cinema
as Self
(2021)
(2021)
Nelson Filma o Rio
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2017)
(2016)
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2015)
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
(2013)
(2011)
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Critic
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
Referências
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
How to Die in Cinema
as Himself
(2002)
At the Edge of the Earth
as Self
(1998)
(1997)
Dib
as Self
(1991)
(1991)
(1989)
(1971)
(1971)
(1969)
(1967)
(1961)
Mandacaru Vermelho
as Augusto
Crew
(2013)
A Luz do Tom
Director
(2012)
Music According to Tom Jobim
Director, Screenplay
(2007)
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Director
(2006)
Brasília 18%
Writer, Director
(2004)
Raízes do Brasil
Director
(2001)
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Director
(2001)
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
(1995)
Cinema de Lágrimas
Director, Screenplay
(1994)
The Third Bank of the River
Director, Screenplay
(1988)
Sonhei com Você
Producer
(1987)
Jubiabá
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
(1984)
Memories of Prison
Producer, Writer, Director
(1982)
A Missa do Galo
Writer, Director
(1982)
Insônia
Writer, Director
(1982)
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
(1980)
Um Ladrão
Director
(1980)
The Highway of Life
Director
(1977)
Tent of Miracles
Director, Writer
(1975)
(1974)
The Amulet of Ogum
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Writer
(1972)
Jornalismo e Independência
Director
(1972)
Who Is Beta?
Director, Writer
(1972)
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Director, Camera Operator
(1971)
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Writer, Director
(1970)
The Alienist
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
Hunger for Love
Director, Writer
(1968)
Cantores e Trovadores
Editor
(1967)
El Justicero
Director, Producer, Writer
(1967)
A Public Opinion
Producer
(1966)
Fala Brasília
Editor, Director
(1965)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
(1964)
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Writer, Director
(1964)
Maioria absoluta
Editor
(1963)
Barren Lives
Director, Screenplay
(1963)
Golden Mouth
Director, Writer
(1962)
The Turning Wind
Editor
(1962)
Menino da Calça Branca
Editor
(1962)
Five Times Favela
Editor
(1961)
Mandacaru Vermelho
Writer, Producer, Director
(1958)
The Grand Moment
Producer
(1957)
Rio, Northern Zone
Director, Screenplay
(1955)
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1953)
O Saci
Assistant Director
(1949)
Juventude
Director