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Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/10/1928

Day of Death

12/04/2018
(90) years old

Place of Birth

São Paulo, Brazil

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 ... Read More

Known For

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

The Good Cinema

The Good Cinema

Nelson Filma o Rio

Nelson Filma o Rio

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Cinema Novo

Cinema Novo

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro

Filmography

Cast

2023

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Ci...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

as Self

2021

The Good Cinema

as Self

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

A música que meu pai gostava

2017

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

as Self

2016

Cinema Novo

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2015

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bár...

as Self

2015

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema

as Self

2014

O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro

2013

Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contr...

2011

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasil...

as Self (archive footage)

2008

A Paz é Dourada

2008

Critic

as Self

2007

Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?

as Self

2007

Português - A Língua do Brasil

2006

Referências

as Self

2003

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Laby...

as Self

2002

At the Edge of the Earth

as Self

2002

How to Die in Cinema

as Himself

1998

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

1997

Dib

as Self

1991

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

1991

Que Viva Glauber!

1989

Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo

as Self

1971

Brazil in Cannes

1971

Nelson Filma

1969

Garden of War

1967

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

as Self

1961

Mandacaru Vermelho

as Augusto

Crew

2013

A Luz do Tom

as Director

2012

The Music According to Tom Jobim

as Director

2012

The Music According to Tom Jobim

as Screenplay

2007

Português - A Língua do Brasil

as Director

2006

Brasília 18%

as Writer

2006

Brasília 18%

as Director

2004

Raízes do Brasil

as Director

2001

Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti

as Director

2001

Casa Grande & Senzala

as Director

1995

Cinema de Lágrimas

as Director

1995

Cinema de Lágrimas

as Screenplay

1994

The Third Bank of the River

as Director

1994

The Third Bank of the River

as Screenplay

1988

Sonhei com Você

as Producer

1987

Jubiabá

as Director

1987

Jubiabá

as Executive Producer

1987

Jubiabá

as Writer

1984

Memories of Prison

as Producer

1984

Memories of Prison

as Writer

1984

Memories of Prison

as Director

1982

Go Ahead, Brazil!

as Assistant Production Manager

1982

A Missa do Galo

as Writer

1982

A Missa do Galo

as Director

1982

Insônia

as Director

1982

Insônia

as Writer

1980

The Highway of Life

as Director

1980

Um Ladrão

as Director

1977

Tent of Miracles

as Director

1977

Tent of Miracles

as Writer

1975

As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro

as Producer

1974

The Amulet of Ogum

as Director

1974

The Amulet of Ogum

as Cinematography

1974

The Amulet of Ogum

as Producer

1974

The Amulet of Ogum

as Writer

1972

Who Is Beta?

as Director

1972

Who Is Beta?

as Writer

1972

Jornalismo e Independência

as Director

1972

Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier

as Director

1972

Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier

as Camera Operator

1971

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

as Director

1971

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

as Writer

1970

The Alienist

as Director

1970

The Alienist

as Screenplay

1968

Hunger for Love

as Director

1968

Hunger for Love

as Writer

1968

Cantores e Trovadores

as Editor

1967

El Justicero

as Director

1967

El Justicero

as Writer

1967

El Justicero

as Producer

1967

A Public Opinion

as Producer

1966

Fala Brasília

as Editor

1966

Fala Brasília

as Director

1965

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga

as Associate Producer

1964

Maioria absoluta

as Editor

1964

A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow

as Writer

1964

A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow

as Director

1963

Barren Lives

as Screenplay

1963

Barren Lives

as Director

1963

Golden Mouth

as Director

1963

Golden Mouth

as Writer

1962

Five Times Favela

as Editor

1962

The Turning Wind

as Editor

1962

Menino da Calça Branca

as Editor

1961

Mandacaru Vermelho

as Director

1961

Mandacaru Vermelho

as Writer

1961

Mandacaru Vermelho

as Producer

1958

O Grande Momento

as Producer

1957

Rio, Northern Zone

as Director

1957

Rio, Northern Zone

as Screenplay

1955

Rio, 100 Degrees F°

as Director

1955

Rio, 100 Degrees F°

as Story

1955

Rio, 100 Degrees F°

as Screenplay

1953

O Saci

as Assistant Director

1949

Juventude

as Director