Eduardo Coutinho
Born: 1933-05-11 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2014-02-02
Known For: Directing
Biography
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.
Filmography
2025
2020
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
- The Method as Self
- A Treat of Coutinho as Self
2015
- Last Conversations as Self
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
- Sete Visitas as Self
2014
- Sobreviventes de Galileia ... (Director)
- Fifty Years Later ... (Director)
2013
- Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro as Himself
2011
- Songs ... (Director)
- Coutinho Reporter as hinself
- Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira as Self
2010
- Destiny River as Dr. Ricardo
- A Day in the Life ... (Director)
2009
- Moscow as Self
- Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608
2008
- Critic as Self
- Capturing Reality as Self
2007
- Jogo de Cena as Interviewer
2006
- The End and the Beginning ... (Director)
2004
- 1964: 40 Years After
- Metalworkers ... (Director)
2002
- Madame Satã as Juiz
- Master, a Building in Copacabana as Interviewer
- Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia ... (Consulting Producer)
2001
- Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
- Babilônia 2000 as Self
2000
- Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion ... (Screenplay)
- Porrada! ... (Director)
1999
- The Mighty Spirit as Self - Interviewer
1997
- Dib as Self
- Dá pra Segurar! ... (Director)
1996
- Mulheres no Front ... (Director)
1995
- Seis Histórias ... (Director)
1994
- Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero ... (Director)
1993
- Ulysses Cidadão ... (Writer)
- The Scavengers ... (Director)
1992
- A Lei e a Vida ... (Director)
1991
- The Memory Thread as Himself (Voice)
1990
- O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem? ... (Director)
1989
- Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve ... (Director)
1987
- Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro ... (Director)
1984
- Twenty Years Later as Himself
1982
- Índia, a Filha do Sol ... (Co-Writer)
- O Homem de Areia ... (Writer)
1980
- Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui ... (Director)
1979
- Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja ... (Director)
1978
- Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão ... (Director)
1977
- O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada ... (Director)
1976
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands ... (Screenplay)
- Superstição ... (Director)
- Seis Dias de Ouricuri ... (Director)
1975
- Love Lesson ... (Screenplay)
1974
- Os Condenados ... (Screenplay)
1972
1971
- Faustão ... (Director)
1968
- The Man Who Bought the World ... (Writer)
1967
- The Girl from Ipanema
- The ABC of Love ... (Director)
1965
- The Deceased ... (Writer)
1963
1962
- Five Times Favela ... (Production Manager)
1959
- Le Telephone ... (Director)