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Director

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Popular films

Barren Lives1963
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1971
Rio, 100 Degrees F°1955
Rio, Northern Zone1957

About Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Known for: Directing
Born: October 22, 1928
Died: April 12, 2018 (age 89)
Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

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…

Also credited as

Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос, Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш

Filmography

A Luz do Tom2013Director

The Music According to Tom Jobim2012Director
Português - A Língua do Brasil2007Director
Brasília 18%2006Director
Raízes do Brasil2004Director
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti2001Director
Casa Grande & Senzala2001Director
Cinema of Tears1995Director
The Third Bank of the River1994Director
Jubiabá1987Director
Memories of Prison1984Director
A Missa do Galo1982Director
Insônia1982Director
The Highway of Life1980Director
Um Ladrão1980Director
Tent of Miracles1977Director
The Amulet of Ogum1974Director
Who Is Beta?1972Director
Jornalismo e Independência1972Director
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier1972Director
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1971Director
The Alienist1970Director
Hunger for Love1968Director
El Justicero1967Director
Fala Brasília1966Director
O Rio de Machado de Assis1965Director
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow1964Director
Barren Lives1963Director
Golden Mouth1963Director
Red Mandacaru1961Director
Rio, Northern Zone1957Director
Rio, 100 Degrees F°1955Director
Juventude1949Director

Amuleto2025

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema2023as Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar2021as Self
The Good Cinema2021as Self
Nelson Filma o Rio2021as Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020as Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião2019as Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century2017as Self
Cinema Novo2016as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro2015as Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema2015as Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro2014
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade2013
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro2011as Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada2008
Critic2008as Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal2008as Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?2007as Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air2007as Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil2007
Referências2006as Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth2003as Self
At the Edge of the Earth2002as Self
How to Die in Cinema2002as Himself
Uma Vida Dividida1999as Ele mesmo
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória1998
Dib1997as Self
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?1991
Que Viva Glauber!1991as Self
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo1989as Self
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1984as himself
Claves, 2: We will return younger1984as himself
Brazil in Cannes1971
Nelson Filma1971
Garden of War1969
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo1967as Self
Red Mandacaru1961as Augusto

The Music According to Tom Jobim2012Screenplay

Brasília 18%2006Writer
Cinema of Tears1995Screenplay
The Third Bank of the River1994Screenplay
Jubiabá1987Writer
Memories of Prison1984Writer
A Missa do Galo1982Writer
Insônia1982Writer
Um Ladrão1980Writer
Tent of Miracles1977Writer
The Amulet of Ogum1974Writer
Who Is Beta?1972Writer
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1971Writer
The Alienist1970Screenplay
Hunger for Love1968Writer
El Justicero1967Writer
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow1964Writer
Barren Lives1963Screenplay
Golden Mouth1963Writer
Red Mandacaru1961Writer
Rio, Northern Zone1957Screenplay
Rio, 100 Degrees F°1955Story / Screenplay

Sonhei com Você1988Producer

Jubiabá1987Executive Producer
Memories of Prison1984Producer
O côco do Macalé1982Producer
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro1975Producer
The Amulet of Ogum1974Producer
El Justicero1967Producer
A Public Opinion1967Producer
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga1965Associate Producer
Red Mandacaru1961Producer
The Grand Moment1958Producer

Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier1972Camera Operator

The Amulet of Ogum1974Cinematography

O Saci1951Assistant Director

Cantores e Trovadores1968Editor

Fala Brasília1966Editor
Absolute Majority1964Editor
Five Times Favela1962Editor
The Turning Wind1962Editor
Menino da Calça Branca1962Editor

Go Ahead, Brazil!1982Assistant Production Manager