Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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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 (2025)
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (2023)
- Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021)
- The Good Cinema (2021)
- Nelson Filma o Rio (2021)
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)
- A música que meu pai gostava (2018)
- Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)
- Cinema Novo (2016)
- Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015)
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015)
- O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro (2014)
- A Luz do Tom (2013)
- Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (2013)
- The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
- Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011)
- A Paz é Dourada (2008)
- Critic (2008)
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal (2008)
- Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (2007)
- Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air (2007)
- Português - A Língua do Brasil (2007)
- Brasília 18% (2006)
- Referências (2006)
- Raízes do Brasil (2004)
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
- At the Edge of the Earth (2002)
- How to Die in Cinema (2002)
- Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (2001)
- Casa Grande & Senzala (2001)
- Uma Vida Dividida (1999)
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998)
- Dib (1997)
- Cinema of Tears (1995)
- The Third Bank of the River (1994)
- Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991)
- Que Viva Glauber! (1991)
- Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (1989)
- Sonhei com Você (1988)
- Jubiabá (1987)
- Memories of Prison (1984)
- Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984)
- Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984)
- O côco do Macalé (1982)
- Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982)
- A Missa do Galo (1982)
- Insônia (1982)
- The Highway of Life (1980)
- Um Ladrão (1980)
- Tent of Miracles (1977)
- As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro (1975)
- The Amulet of Ogum (1974)
- Who Is Beta? (1972)
- Jornalismo e Independência (1972)
- Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier (1972)
- Brazil in Cannes (1971)
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
- Nelson Filma (1971)
- The Alienist (1970)
- Garden of War (1969)
- Hunger for Love (1968)
- Cantores e Trovadores (1968)
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
- El Justicero (1967)
- A Public Opinion (1967)
- Fala Brasília (1966)
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
- O Rio de Machado de Assis (1965)
- Absolute Majority (1964)
- A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow (1964)
- Barren Lives (1963)
- Golden Mouth (1963)
- Five Times Favela (1962)
- The Turning Wind (1962)
- Menino da Calça Branca (1962)
- Red Mandacaru (1961)
- The Grand Moment (1958)
- Rio, Northern Zone (1957)
- Rio, 100 Degrees F° (1955)
- O Saci (1951)
- Juventude (1949)