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.

Cast

The Good Cinema
Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Unknown
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Self
Brazil in Cannes
Unknown
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
Que Viva Glauber!
Unknown
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
How to Die in Cinema
Himself
Red Mandacaru
Augusto
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Self
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Unknown
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Self
Dib
Self
Nelson Filma
Unknown
Garden of War
Unknown
Critic
Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Unknown
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Unknown
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Unknown
A música que meu pai gostava
Unknown
Referências
Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
Unknown
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
Amuleto
Unknown
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
Uma Vida Dividida
Ele mesmo

Crew

Barren Lives
Director, Screenplay
Memories of Prison
Producer, Writer, Director
Jornalismo e Independência
Director
The Amulet of Ogum
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Writer
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Writer, Director
Who Is Beta?
Director, Writer
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Director, Screenplay
The Third Bank of the River
Director, Screenplay
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director, Story, Screenplay
Hunger for Love
Director, Writer
The Alienist
Director, Screenplay
Rio, Northern Zone
Director, Screenplay
Golden Mouth
Director, Writer
El Justicero
Director, Producer, Writer
Um Ladrão
Director
O Grande Momento
Producer
Tent of Miracles
Director, Writer
A Luz do Tom
Director
Red Mandacaru
Writer, Producer, Director
Brasília 18%
Writer, Director
A Missa do Galo
Writer, Director
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Director
The Highway of Life
Director
Raízes do Brasil
Director
A Public Opinion
Producer
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Director
Jubiabá
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Cinema de Lágrimas
Director, Screenplay
Fala Brasília
Editor, Director
The Turning Wind
Editor
Menino da Calça Branca
Editor
O Saci
Assistant Director
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
Producer
Insônia
Writer, Director
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Writer, Director
Sonhei com Você
Producer
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Director, Camera Operator
Absolute Majority
Editor
Five Times Favela
Editor
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
Juventude
Director
Cantores e Trovadores
Editor
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
O côco do Macalé
Producer