Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Born: 1928-10-22 in São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2018-04-12
Known For: Directing
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 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
2025
2023
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar as Self
- Nelson Filma o Rio as Self (archive footage)
- The Good Cinema as Self
2020
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
2017
2016
- Cinema Novo as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
- Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro as Self
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
2013
2012
- The Music According to Tom Jobim ... (Director)
2011
- Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal as Self
- Critic as Self
- A Paz é Dourada
2007
2006
- Referências as Self
- Brasília 18% ... (Writer)
2004
- Raízes do Brasil ... (Director)
2003
2002
- At the Edge of the Earth as Self
- How to Die in Cinema as Himself
2001
- Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti ... (Director)
- Casa Grande & Senzala ... (Director)
- Casa Grande & Senzala ... (Director)
1999
- Uma Vida Dividida as Ele mesmo
1997
- Dib as Self
1995
- Cinema of Tears ... (Director)
1994
- The Third Bank of the River ... (Director)
1991
1989
1988
- Sonhei com Você ... (Producer)
1987
- Jubiabá ... (Director)
1984
- Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman as himself
- Claves, 2: We will return younger as himself
- Memories of Prison ... (Producer)
1982
- O côco do Macalé ... (Producer)
- Go Ahead, Brazil! ... (Assistant Production Manager)
- Insônia ... (Director)
- A Missa do Galo ... (Writer)
1980
- The Highway of Life ... (Director)
- Um Ladrão ... (Director)
1977
- Tent of Miracles ... (Director)
1975
- As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro ... (Producer)
1974
- The Amulet of Ogum ... (Director)
1972
- Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier ... (Director)
- Who Is Beta? ... (Director)
- Jornalismo e Independência ... (Director)
1971
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman ... (Director)
- Brazil in Cannes
- Nelson Filma
1970
- The Alienist ... (Director)
1969
1968
- Hunger for Love ... (Director)
- Cantores e Trovadores ... (Editor)
1967
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self
- A Public Opinion ... (Producer)
- El Justicero ... (Director)
1966
- Fala Brasília ... (Editor)
1965
- O Rio de Machado de Assis ... (Director)
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga ... (Associate Producer)
1964
- A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow ... (Writer)
- Absolute Majority ... (Editor)
1963
- Barren Lives ... (Screenplay)
- Golden Mouth ... (Director)
1962
- Menino da Calça Branca ... (Editor)
- Five Times Favela ... (Editor)
- The Turning Wind ... (Editor)
1961
- Red Mandacaru as Augusto
1958
- The Grand Moment ... (Producer)
1957
- Rio, Northern Zone ... (Director)
1955
- Rio, 100 Degrees F° ... (Director)
1951
- O Saci ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Juventude ... (Director)