Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Birthday
1928/10/22
Day of death
2018/04/12 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
São Paulo, Brazil
Also know as
Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос, Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
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...Read more
Acting
(2021) The Good Cinema
as Self
(2014) O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
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(2007) Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
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(1971) Brazil in Cannes
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(2003) Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
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(1991) Que Viva Glauber!
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(1967) Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
(2002) How to Die in Cinema
as Himself
(2015) Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
(1961) Mandacaru Vermelho
as Augusto
(2002) At the Edge of the Earth
as Self
(2019) Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
(2023) Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self
(2011) Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2013) Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
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(1989) Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
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(1997) Dib
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(1971) Nelson Filma
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(1969) Garden of War
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(2008) Critic
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(2007) Português - A Língua do Brasil
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(1998) For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
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(2017) Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
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(1991) Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
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(2018) A música que meu pai gostava
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(2006) Referências
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(2021) Nelson Filma o Rio
as Self (archive footage)