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.
Top Filmography
Cinema Novo
2016 // MOVIE
Critic
2008 // MOVIE
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 // MOVIE
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007 // MOVIE
Garden of War
1969 // MOVIE
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 // MOVIE
At the Edge of the Earth
2002 // MOVIE
How to Die in Cinema
2002 // MOVIE
Red Mandacaru
1961 // MOVIE
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998 // MOVIE
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 // MOVIE
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 // MOVIE
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015 // MOVIE
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013 // MOVIE
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 // MOVIE