Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
Born October 22, 1928 · São Paulo, Brazil
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 Bra…
Known For · 38 titles
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Uma Vida Dividida
Claves, 2: We will return younger
Critic
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
At the Edge of the Earth
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Garden of War
Cinema Novo
A Paz é Dourada
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Amuleto
Brazil in Cannes
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Dib
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Que Viva Glauber!
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Nelson Filma o Rio
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Red Mandacaru
How to Die in Cinema
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Referências
The Good Cinema
Nelson Filma
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
A música que meu pai gostava
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Português - A Língua do Brasil