Ruy Guerra
Birthday
1931/08/22 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Maputo, Moçambique
Also know as
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Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
Acting
(1972) Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
(2021) Tempo Ruy
as Self
(2005) The House of Sand
as Vasco de Sá
(2016) Gabo & Cinema
as Self
(1971) Brazil in Cannes
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(2023) Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
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(2010) 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
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(1971) Le Maître du temps
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(2015) About Cinema
as Self
(2014) Blue Blood
as ---
(2022) Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Benito Cereno
as ---
(2021) Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
(2015) Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
(1963) The Beggars
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(2016) Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
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(1997) Dib
as Self
(1972) The Suns of Easter Island
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(2017) The Man Who Killed John Wayne
as Self
(1957) S.O.S. Noronha
as Miguel
(2001) A Linguagem do Cinema
as ---
(1977) Branded For Life
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(2006) Breathless
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(2020) Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
(2017) Saudade
as Self
(2024) Asa Real
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