Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing 1928-10-22 São Paulo, Brazil
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…
Known For
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
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At the Edge of the Earth
2002
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Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
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Brazil in Cannes
1971
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⭐ 8.0
Dib
1997
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⭐ 8.0
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
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The Good Cinema
2021
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Cinema Novo
2016
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⭐ 8.0
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
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⭐ 6.3
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989
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⭐ 6.2
How to Die in Cinema
2002
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⭐ 7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
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Que Viva Glauber!
1991
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⭐ 6.7
Red Mandacaru
1961