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 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.
Filmography
Cavalcanti
2026 · Movie
Amuleto
2025 · Movie
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 · Movie
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 · Movie
The Good Cinema
2021 · Movie
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021 · Movie
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Movie
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Movie
A música que meu pai gostava
2018 · Movie
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Movie
Cinema Novo
2016 · Movie
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015 · Movie
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015 · Movie
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014 · Movie
A Luz do Tom
2013 · Movie
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013 · Movie
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Movie
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011 · Movie
A Paz é Dourada
2008 · Movie
Critic
2008 · Movie
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Movie
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007 · Movie
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007 · Movie
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Movie
Brasília 18%
2006 · Movie
Referências
2006 · Movie
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Movie
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Movie
At the Edge of the Earth
2002 · Movie
How to Die in Cinema
2002 · Movie
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Movie
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Series
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001 · Movie
Uma Vida Dividida
1999 · Movie
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998 · Movie
Dib
1997 · Movie
Cinema of Tears
1995 · Movie
The Third Bank of the River
1994 · Movie
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991 · Movie
Que Viva Glauber!
1991 · Movie
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989 · Movie
Sonhei com Você
1988 · Movie
Jubiabá
1987 · Movie
Memories of Prison
1984 · Movie
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984 · Movie
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984 · Movie
O côco do Macalé
1982 · Movie
Go Ahead, Brazil!
1982 · Movie
Insônia
1982 · Movie
A Missa do Galo
1982 · Movie
The Highway of Life
1980 · Movie
Um Ladrão
1980 · Movie
Tent of Miracles
1977 · Movie
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
1975 · Movie
The Amulet of Ogum
1974 · Movie
Who Is Beta?
1972 · Movie
Jornalismo e Independência
1972 · Movie
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972 · Movie
Brazil in Cannes
1971 · Movie
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971 · Movie
Nelson Filma
1971 · Movie
The Alienist
1970 · Movie
Garden of War
1969 · Movie
Hunger for Love
1968 · Movie
Cantores e Trovadores
1968 · Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Movie
El Justicero
1967 · Movie
A Public Opinion
1967 · Movie
Fala Brasília
1966 · Movie
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965 · Movie
O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965 · Movie
Absolute Majority
1964 · Movie
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Movie
Barren Lives
1963 · Movie
Golden Mouth
1963 · Movie
Five Times Favela
1962 · Movie
The Turning Wind
1962 · Movie
Menino da Calça Branca
1962 · Movie
Red Mandacaru
1961 · Movie
The Grand Moment
1958 · Movie
Rio, Northern Zone
1957 · Movie
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Movie
O Saci
1951 · Movie
Juventude
1949 · Movie