- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 22, 1928
- Place of Birth
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- April 12, 2018
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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.
Filmography
movieAmuleto
2025
movieNelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieJá que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 · Self
movieThe Good Cinema
2021 · Self
movieNelson Filma o Rio
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava
movieA música que meu pai gostava
2018
movieBrazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Self
movieCinema Novo
2016 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieCordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015 · Self
movieTudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015 · Self
movieO Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
movieA Luz do Tom
2013 · Director
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
movieSinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
movieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Director, Screenplay
movieGlauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieA Paz é Dourada
2008
movieCritic
2008 · Self
movieJards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Self
movieSambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007 · Self
movieOscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007 · Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil
moviePortuguês - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · , Director
movieBrasília 18%
2006 · Writer, Director
movieReferências
2006 · Self
movieRaízes do Brasil
2004 · Director
movieGlauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Self
movieAt the Edge of the Earth
2002 · Self
movieHow to Die in Cinema
2002 · Himself
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
movieMeu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Director
movieCasa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Director
tvCasa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Director
movieUma Vida Dividida
1999 · Ele mesmo
movieFor All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
movieDib
1997 · Self
movieCinema of Tears
1995 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Third Bank of the River
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieQue Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
movieQue Viva Glauber!
1991
movieAlex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989 · Self
movieSonhei com Você
1988 · Producer
movieJubiabá
1987 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
movieMemories of Prison
1984 · Producer, Writer, Director
movieClaves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984 · himself
movieClaves, 2: We will return younger
1984 · himself
movieO côco do Macalé
1982 · Producer
movieGo Ahead, Brazil!
1982 · Assistant Production Manager
movieA Missa do Galo
1982 · Writer, Director
movieInsônia
1982 · Writer, Director
movieThe Highway of Life
1980 · Director
movieUm Ladrão
1980 · Director, Writer
movieTent of Miracles
1977 · Director, Writer
movieAs Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
1975 · Producer
movieThe Amulet of Ogum
1974 · Director, Producer, Cinematography, Writer
movieWho Is Beta?
1972 · Director, Writer
movieJornalismo e Independência
1972 · Director
movieUma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972 · Director, Camera Operator
movieBrazil in Cannes
1971
movieHow Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971 · Writer, Director
movieNelson Filma
1971
movieThe Alienist
1970 · Director, Screenplay
movieGarden of War
1969
movieHunger for Love
1968 · Director, Writer
Cantores e Trovadores
movieCantores e Trovadores
1968 · Editor
movieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self
movieEl Justicero
1967 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieA Public Opinion
1967 · Producer
movieFala Brasília
1966 · Editor, Director
movieThe Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965 · Associate Producer
movieO Rio de Machado de Assis
1965 · Director
movieAbsolute Majority
1964 · Editor
movieA Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Writer, Director
movieBarren Lives
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieGolden Mouth
1963 · Director, Writer
movieFive Times Favela
1962 · Editor
movieThe Turning Wind
1962 · Editor
Menino da Calça Branca
movieMenino da Calça Branca
1962 · Editor
movieRed Mandacaru
1961 · Augusto, Writer, Producer, Director
movieThe Grand Moment
1958 · Producer
movieRio, Northern Zone
1957 · Director, Screenplay
movieRio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieO Saci
1951 · Assistant Director
Juventude
movieJuventude
1949 · Director