Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing • Born 1928-10-22 – Died 2018-04-12
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
38 credits
The Good Cinema
Movie • 2021
Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Movie • 2014
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Movie • 2007
Self
Brazil in Cannes
Movie • 1971
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Movie • 2003
Self
Que Viva Glauber!
Movie • 1991
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Movie • 1967
Self
How to Die in Cinema
Movie • 2002
Himself
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Movie • 2015
Self
Red Mandacaru
Movie • 1961
Augusto
At the Edge of the Earth
Movie • 2002
Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Movie • 2021
Self
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Movie • 2015
Self
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Cinema Novo
Movie • 2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Movie • 2013
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Movie • 1989
Self
Dib
Movie • 1997
Self
Nelson Filma
Movie • 1971
Garden of War
Movie • 1969
Critic
Movie • 2008
Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Movie • 2007
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Movie • 1998
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Movie • 2017
Self
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Movie • 1991
A música que meu pai gostava
Movie • 2018
Referências
Movie • 2006
Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
Movie • 2008
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Amuleto
Movie • 2025
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Movie • 2007
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Movie • 2008
Self
Uma Vida Dividida
Movie • 1999
Ele mesmo
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Movie • 1984
himself
Claves, 2: We will return younger
Movie • 1984
himself