Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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.

Known For: Directing

Born: São Paulo, Brazil, 1928-10-22

Died: 2018-04-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Mandacaru Vermelho	Augusto	66
2	1967	Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo	Self	75
3	1969	Garden of War		71
4	1971	Nelson Filma		0
5	1971	Brazil in Cannes		0
6	1989	Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo	Self	0
7	1991	Que Viva Glauber!		0
8	1991	Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?		0
9	1997	Dib	Self	0
10	1998	For All - O Trampolim da Vitória		50
11	2002	How to Die in Cinema	Himself	58
12	2002	At the Edge of the Earth	Self	70
13	2003	Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth	Self	58
14	2006	Referências	Self	0
15	2007	Português - A Língua do Brasil		0
16	2007	Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?	Self	0
17	2008	Critic	Self	79
18	2008	A Paz é Dourada		0
19	2011	Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro	Self (archive footage)	0
20	2013	Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade		80
21	2014	O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro		0
22	2015	Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema	Self	0
23	2015	Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro	Self	80
24	2016	Cinema Novo	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	67
25	2017	Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century	Self	0
26	2018	A música que meu pai gostava		0
27	2019	Memórias do Grupo Opinião	Self (archive footage)	0
28	2020	Candango: Memoirs from a Festival	Self (archive footage)	50
29	2021	Nelson Filma o Rio	Self (archive footage)	0
30	2021	The Good Cinema	Self	0
31	2021	Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar	Self	0
32	2023	Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema	Self (archive footage)	70

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Film

Television