About Jorge Amado
Biography
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço…
Filmography20 films
Rank Jorge Amado's movies
Start with all movie credits in Favorite Jorge Amado Movies, then arrange them in your own order.
- 3 Obás de Xangô2025
- Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi2024
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema2023
- Quando a Coisa Vira Outra2022
- Dê Lembranças a Todos2018
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth2003
- Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds1998
- Tieta of Agreste1996
- Jorge Amado1996
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei1996
- Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History1995
- Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo1994
- Looking Back at You1993
- Jorge Amado1989
- O Homem de Areia1982
- Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo1981
- Jorge Amado no Cinema1979
- Bahia de Todos os Santos1974
- Na Casa de Rio Vermelho1974
- Bahia, For Example1969

















