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
- A Treat of Coutinho as Self
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
- The Method as Self
2015
- Sete Visitas as Self
- Last Conversations as Self
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
2014
- Sobreviventes de Galileia ... (Director)
- Fifty Years Later ... (Director)
2013
- Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro as Himself
2011
- Songs ... (Director)
- Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira as Self
2010
- Destiny River as Dr. Ricardo
- A Day in the Life ... (Director)
2009
- Coutinho.doc - Apartamento 608
- Moscow as Self
2008
- Capturing Reality as Self
- Critic as Self
2007
- Playing ... (Screenplay)
2006
- The End and the Beginning ... (Director)
2004
- Metalworkers ... (Director)
- 1964: 40 Years After
2002
- Master, a Building in Copacabana as Interviewer
- Madame Satã as Juiz
- Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia ... (Consulting Producer)
2001
- Babilônia 2000 as Self
- Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2000
- Porrada! ... (Director)
- Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion ... (Screenplay)
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
- The Scavengers ... (Director)
- Ulysses Cidadão ... (Writer)
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
- O Homem de Areia ... (Writer)
- Índia, a Filha do Sol ... (Co-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)