- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 19, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- July 9, 1980
Vinicius de Moraes
(October 19, 1913 – July 9, 1980), also known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright who later became a seminal figure in modern Brazilian music and literature. He served as a diplomat; composed his own bossa nova music; and as an interpreter of his own lyrics, recorded several albums.
Filmography
movieThe Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova
2026 · Self
movieTeste: Ou a Consciência da Tensão
2025 · Sound
movieOs Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieToquinho Maravilhoso
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieNoah's Ark
2024 · Author
movieLanguage of the Infinite Cycle of All Things
2023 · Writer
movieThey Shot the Piano Player
2023 · Self (archive audio)
movieOtto: De Trás p/ Diante
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieMiúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
2022 · Self
moviePixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieGaroto - Vivo Sonhando
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Crystallization of Brasília
2019 · Narrator (voice)
movieChico: Brazilian Artist
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieMario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieVinicius de Moraes
2005 · Self (archive footage)
moviePhono 73: A Country and its Music
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieCoisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Toquinho
movieToquinho
2001 · Self
movieOrfeu
1999 · Music, Theatre Play
movieAs nascentes
1993
movieABC of a Strike
1990 · Self
movieBrasília, Uma Sinfonia
1986 · Self (archive footage)
moviePara Viver Um Grande Amor
1984 · Theatre Play, Music
movieVinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
1983 · Self
movieBrasil
1981 · Self (archive footage)
movieCertas Palavras com Chico Buarque
1980 · Self
Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé
movieVinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé
1980 · Self
movieIracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel
1979 · Songs
movieCaterina Valente presents Brazilian music
1979 · Self
movieMusicalmente
1978 · Self
movieMasters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius
1978 · Himself
movieDi Cavalcanti Di Glauber
1977 · Book
Marília e Marina
movieMarília e Marina
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieCarioca Tigre
1976 · Music
movieMúsica, poesia e amor
1976
movieCyro Monteiro
1975
tvFogo Sobre Terra
1974 · Music Director
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self (archive footage)
tvNossa Filha Gabriela
1971 · Music
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieDoomed Lovers
1967 · Writer
movieThe Girl from Ipanema
1967 · Self, Story, Music Coordinator, Associate Producer
movieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self
movieSol Sobre a Lama
1963 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Dead at the Phone
1963 · Music
moviePluft, o Fantasminha
1962
Blue and White
movieBlue and White
1962 · Director
movieBlack Orpheus
1959 · Theatre Play