Vinicius de Moraes
Born: 1913-10-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: 1980-07-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
(October 19, 1913 – July 9, 1980), also known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright who later became a seminal figure in modern Brazilian music and literature. He served as a diplomat; composed his own bossa nova music; and as an interpreter of his own lyrics, recorded several albums.
Filmography
2025
- Teste: Ou a Consciência da Tensão ... (Sound)
2024
- Noah's Ark ... (Author)
- Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius as Self (archive footage)
- Toquinho Maravilhoso as Self (archive footage)
2023
- They Shot the Piano Player as Self (archive audio)
- Language of the Infinite Cycle of All Things ... (Writer)
2022
- Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova as Self
- Otto: De Trás p/ Diante as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Garoto - Vivo Sonhando as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Crystallization of Brasília as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Chico: Brazilian Artist as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Vinicius de Moraes as Self (archive footage)
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
- Phono 73: A Country and its Music as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Toquinho as Self
1999
- Orfeu ... (Music)
1993
1990
- ABC of a Strike as Self
1986
- Brasília, Uma Sinfonia as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Para Viver Um Grande Amor ... (Music)
1983
1981
- Brasil as Self (archive footage)
1980
1979
- Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel ... (Songs)
- Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music as Self
1978
- Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius as Himself
- Musicalmente as Self
1977
- Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber ... (Book)
1976
- Carioca Tigre ... (Music)
- Música, poesia e amor
- Marília e Marina ... (Original Music Composer)
1975
1974
- Fogo Sobre Terra ... (Music Director)
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self (archive footage)
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Nossa Filha Gabriela ... (Music)
1967
- The Girl from Ipanema as Self
- Doomed Lovers ... (Writer)
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self
1963
- The Dead at the Phone ... (Music)
- Sol Sobre a Lama ... (Original Music Composer)
1962
- Pluft, o Fantasminha
- Blue and White ... (Director)
1959
- Black Orpheus ... (Theatre Play)