
Ruy Guerra
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).
Acting (27 movies)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972

Tempo Ruy
2021

The House of Sand
2005

Gabo & Cinema
2016

Brazil in Cannes
1971

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010

Le Maître du temps
1971

About Cinema
2015

Blue Blood
2014

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022

Benito Cereno
1971

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021

Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015

The Beggars
1963

Cinema Novo
2016

Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999

Dib
1997

The Suns of Easter Island
1972

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017

S.O.S. Noronha
1957

A Linguagem do Cinema
2001

Branded For Life
1977

Breathless
2006

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020

Saudade
2017

Asa Real
2024
Directing (21 movies)

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
1984
Quand Le Soleil Dort
1954

Me alquilo para soñar
1992

Portugal S.A.
2004

The Unscrupulous Ones
1962

Erendira
1983

Malandro
1986

The Guns
1964

The Fall
1976

Kuarup
1989

Of Gods and the Undead
1970

Turbulence
2000

Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990

In Evil Hour
2006

Oblivious Memory
2018

Sweet Hunters
1970

Monsanto
2000

In Pieces
2025

A Fúria
2024
La Lettre Volèe
1981
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Unscrupulous Ones | 1962 | Writer |
| The Guns | 1964 | Screenplay |
| Sweet Hunters | 1970 | Writer |
| Of Gods and the Undead | 1970 | Screenplay |
| The Fall | 1976 | Writer |
| Malandro | 1986 | Producer |
| Malandro | 1986 | Writer |
| Kuarup | 1989 | Producer |
| Kuarup | 1989 | Writer |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier | 1990 | Writer |
| Turbulence | 2000 | Writer |
| In Evil Hour | 2006 | Writer |
| In Pieces | 2025 | Screenplay |