- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 11, 1933
- Place of Birth
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- February 2, 2014
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.
Filmography
movieInhabiting Time
2025
movieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Method
2019 · Self
movieA Treat of Coutinho
2019 · Self
movieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieTudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015 · Self
movieSete Visitas
2015 · Self
movieLast Conversations
2015 · Self, Director
movieFifty Years Later
2014 · Director
movieSobreviventes de Galileia
2014 · Director
movieEduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro
2013 · Himself
movieSongs
2011 · Director, Writer
movieCoutinho Reporter
2011 · hinself
movieUma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira
2011 · Self
movieA Day in the Life
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor
tvDestiny River
2010 · Dr. Ricardo
movieCoutinho.doc - Apartment 608
2009
movieMoscow
2009 · Self, Director
movieCapturing Reality
2008 · Self
movieCritic
2008 · Self
moviePlaying
2007 · Interviewer, Director, Screenplay
movieThe End and the Beginning
2006 · Director, Associate Producer
movieMetalworkers
2004 · Director
movie1964: 40 Years After
2004
movieMaster, a Building in Copacabana
2002 · Interviewer, Director, Screenplay
movieMadame Satã
2002 · Juiz
movieOswaldo Cruz na Amazônia
2002 · Consulting Producer
movieBabilônia 2000
2001 · Self, Director
movieMovie Theaters of Rio
2001 · Self
moviePorrada!
2000 · Director
movieVilla-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000 · Screenplay
movieThe Mighty Spirit
1999 · Self - Interviewer, Writer, Director
movieDib
1997 · Self
movieDá pra Segurar!
1997 · Director
movieMulheres no Front
1996 · Director
movieSeis Histórias
1995 · Director
movieOs Romeiros do Padre Cícero
1994 · Director
Ulysses Cidadão
movieUlysses Cidadão
1993 · Writer
movieThe Scavengers
1992 · Director
movieA Lei e a Vida
1992 · Director
movieThe Memory Thread
1991 · Himself (Voice), Director
movieO Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem?
1990 · Director
movieVolta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve
1989 · Director
movieSanta Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro
1987 · Director
movieTwenty Years Later
1984 · Himself, Writer, Director, Producer
movieO Homem de Areia
1982 · Writer
movieÍndia, a Filha do Sol
1982 · Co-Writer
moviePortinari, O Menino de Brodósqui
1980 · Director
movieExu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja
1979 · Director
movieTheodorico, o Imperador do Sertão
1978 · Director
movieO Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada
1977 · Director
movieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976 · Screenplay
movieSuperstição
1976 · Director
movieSeis Dias de Ouricuri
1976 · Director, Writer
movieLove Lesson
1975 · Screenplay
movieOs Condenados
1974 · Screenplay
movieCâncer
1972 · Self
movieFaustão
1971 · Director, Music, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Man Who Bought the World
1968 · Writer, Director
movieThe ABC of Love
1967 · Director
movieThe Girl from Ipanema
1967 · , Screenplay, Story
movieThe Deceased
1965 · Writer
movieThe Beggars
1963
movieFive Times Favela
1962 · Production Manager
movieLe Telephone
1959 · Director