Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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.
Acting (30 movies)
The Good Cinema
2021
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
How to Die in Cinema
2002
Red Mandacaru
1961
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
Cinema Novo
2016
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989
Dib
1997
Nelson Filma
1971
Garden of War
1969
Critic
2008
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Referências
2006
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Amuleto
2025
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
Directing (32 movies)
Barren Lives
1963
Jornalismo e Independência
1972
The Amulet of Ogum
1974
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
Who Is Beta?
1972
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
The Third Bank of the River
1994
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
Hunger for Love
1968
The Alienist
1970
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
Golden Mouth
1963
El Justicero
1967
Memories of Prison
1984
Um Ladrão
1980
Tent of Miracles
1977
A Luz do Tom
2013
Red Mandacaru
1961
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001
Brasília 18%
2006
A Missa do Galo
1982
The Highway of Life
1980
Raízes do Brasil
2004
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007
Jubiabá
1987
Cinema de Lágrimas
1995
Fala Brasília
1966
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001
Insônia
1982
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972
Juventude
1949
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Rio, 100 Degrees F° | 1955 | Screenplay |
| Rio, Northern Zone | 1957 | Screenplay |
| O Grande Momento | 1958 | Producer |
| Red Mandacaru | 1961 | Writer |
| Red Mandacaru | 1961 | Producer |
| Golden Mouth | 1963 | Writer |
| Barren Lives | 1963 | Screenplay |
| A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow | 1964 | Writer |
| A Public Opinion | 1967 | Producer |
| El Justicero | 1967 | Producer |
| El Justicero | 1967 | Writer |
| Hunger for Love | 1968 | Writer |
| The Alienist | 1970 | Screenplay |
| How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman | 1971 | Writer |
| Who Is Beta? | 1972 | Writer |
| The Amulet of Ogum | 1974 | Producer |
| The Amulet of Ogum | 1974 | Writer |
| As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro | 1975 | Producer |
| Tent of Miracles | 1977 | Writer |
| A Missa do Galo | 1982 | Writer |
| Insônia | 1982 | Writer |
| Memories of Prison | 1984 | Producer |
| Memories of Prison | 1984 | Writer |
| Jubiabá | 1987 | Executive Producer |
| Jubiabá | 1987 | Writer |
| Sonhei com Você | 1988 | Producer |
| The Third Bank of the River | 1994 | Screenplay |
| Cinema de Lágrimas | 1995 | Screenplay |
| Brasília 18% | 2006 | Writer |
| The Music According to Tom Jobim | 2012 | Screenplay |