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.
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Films
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TV Shows
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Crew Credits
Known For
34 Credits
Critic
as Self
2008
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as Self
2008
Claves, 2: We will return younger
as himself
1984
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
as himself
1984
The Good Cinema
as Self
2021
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
1967
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2017
Dib
as Self
1997
Behind the Camera
35 Credits
Insônia
Writer, Director
1982
Fala Brasília
Director
1966
Barren Lives
Director
1963
Memories of Prison
Producer, Writer, Director
1984
The Amulet of Ogum
Director, Producer, Writer
1974
Jubiabá
Director, Writer
1987
Rio, Northern Zone
Director
1957
The Third Bank of the River
Director
1994
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Writer, Director
1971
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
Producer
1975
Brasília 18%
Writer, Director
2006
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director
1955