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.
Acting
Movie
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Movie
Critic
as Self
2008
Movie
Garden of War
1969
Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
1967
Movie
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
as Self
2007
Movie
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2003
Movie
At the Edge of the Earth
as Self
2002
Movie
How to Die in Cinema
as Himself
2002
Movie
Red Mandacaru
as Augusto
1961
Movie
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Movie
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
2021
Movie
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Movie
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self
2015
Movie
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
Movie
Dib
as Self
1997
Movie
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Movie
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Movie
The Good Cinema
as Self
2021
Movie
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Movie
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
as Self
2007
Movie
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Movie
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Movie
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
2015
Movie
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Crew
Movie
Barren Lives
Director
1963
Movie
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Director
1971
Movie
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director
1955
Movie
The Turning Wind
Editor
1962
Movie
Rio, Northern Zone
Director
1957
Movie
Memories of Prison
Producer
1984
Movie
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
1982
Movie
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
1965
Movie
The Amulet of Ogum
Director
1974
Movie
Hunger for Love
Director
1968
Movie
The Alienist
Director
1970
Movie
Absolute Majority
Editor
1964