Directing
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.
Filmography
Amuleto
Film · 2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Film · 2023
The Good Cinema
Film · 2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Film · 2021
Nelson Filma o Rio
Film · 2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Film · 2020
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Film · 2019
A música que meu pai gostava
Film · 2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Film · 2017
Cinema Novo
Film · 2016
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Film · 2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Film · 2015
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Film · 2014
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Film · 2013
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Film · 2011
Critic
Film · 2008
A Paz é Dourada
Film · 2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Film · 2008
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Film · 2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Film · 2007
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Film · 2007
Referências
Film · 2006
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Film · 2003
How to Die in Cinema
Film · 2002
At the Edge of the Earth
Film · 2002
Uma Vida Dividida
Film · 1999
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Film · 1998
Dib
Film · 1997
Que Viva Glauber!
Film · 1991
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Film · 1991
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Film · 1989
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Film · 1984
Claves, 2: We will return younger
Film · 1984
Brazil in Cannes
Film · 1971
Nelson Filma
Film · 1971
Garden of War
Film · 1969
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Film · 1967
Red Mandacaru
Film · 1961