Ruy Guerra
Directing • Born 1931-08-22
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
Filmography
29 credits
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Movie • 1972
Don Pedro de Ursúa
Tempo Ruy
Movie • 2021
Self
The House of Sand
Movie • 2005
Vasco de Sá
Gabo & Cinema
Movie • 2016
Self
Brazil in Cannes
Movie • 1971
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Movie • 2023
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Movie • 2010
Le Maître du temps
Movie • 1971
About Cinema
Movie • 2015
Self
Blue Blood
Movie • 2014
Mumbebo
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Benito Cereno
Movie • 1971
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Movie • 2021
Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Movie • 2015
Self
The Beggars
Movie • 1963
Cinema Novo
Movie • 2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
Movie • 1999
Dib
Movie • 1997
Self
The Suns of Easter Island
Movie • 1972
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Movie • 2017
Self
S.O.S. Noronha
Movie • 1957
Miguel
A Linguagem do Cinema
Movie • 2001
Branded For Life
Movie • 1977
Breathless
Movie • 2006
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Saudade
Movie • 2017
Self
Asa Real
Movie • 2024
Nifrapo
Movie • 1985
Oblivious Memory
Movie • 2018
Voz do sapo