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
Credits
- 2023 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar as Self
- 2021 · The Good Cinema as Self
- 2021 · Nelson Filma o Rio as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · A música que meu pai gostava as
- 2017 · Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
- 2016 · Cinema Novo as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2015 · Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro as Self
- 2015 · Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
- 2014 · O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro as
- 2013 · Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade as
- 2011 · Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Crítico as Self
- 2007 · Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? as Self
- 2007 · Português - A Língua do Brasil as
- 2006 · Referências as Self
- 2003 · Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
- 2002 · At the Edge of the Earth as Self
- 2002 · How to Die in Cinema as Himself
- 1998 · For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as
- 1997 · Dib as Self
- 1991 · Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? as
- 1991 · Que Viva Glauber! as
- 1989 · Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo as Self
- 1971 · Brazil in Cannes as
- 1971 · Nelson Filma as
- 1968 · Garden of War as
- 1967 · Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self
- 1961 · Mandacaru Vermelho as Augusto