Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Known for: Directing
Born: October 22, 1928
Died: April 12, 2018
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
82 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Amuleto
2025
7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
8.0
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
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The Good Cinema
2021
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Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019NR
A música que meu pai gostava
2018
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
6.7
Cinema Novo
2016
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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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
5.0
A Luz do Tom
20138.0
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
9.0
A Paz é Dourada
2008
7.9
Critic
2008
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Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008
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Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
6.9
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
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Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007
4.8
Brasília 18%
2006
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Referências
2006
7.5
Raízes do Brasil
2004
6.3
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
7.5
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
6.2
How to Die in Cinema
20026.0
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001
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Casa Grande & Senzala
2001
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Casa Grande & Senzala
2001
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Uma Vida Dividida
1999
5.6
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
8.0
Dib
1997
5.4
Cinema of Tears
1995
6.2
The Third Bank of the River
1994
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Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
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Que Viva Glauber!
1991
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989
9.0
Sonhei com Você
1988
5.6
Jubiabá
1987
6.8
Memories of Prison
1984
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Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984NR
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984
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O côco do Macalé
1982
7.4
Go Ahead, Brazil!
1982
6.1
A Missa do Galo
1982
9.0
Insônia
1982
7.7
The Highway of Life
1980
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Um Ladrão
1980
5.2
Tent of Miracles
1977
7.0
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
1975
6.4
The Amulet of Ogum
1974
5.4
Who Is Beta?
1972
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Jornalismo e Independência
1972
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Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972
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Brazil in Cannes
1971
6.1
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
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Nelson Filma
1971
6.3
The Alienist
1970
7.1
Garden of War
1969
5.1
Hunger for Love
1968NR
Cantores e Trovadores
1968
7.5
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
5.9
El Justicero
1967
6.4
A Public Opinion
1967
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Fala Brasília
1966
7.8
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965
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O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965
8.9
Absolute Majority
1964
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A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964
7.4
Barren Lives
1963
6.8
Golden Mouth
1963
7.9
Five Times Favela
1962
6.9
The Turning Wind
19626.9
Menino da Calça Branca
1962
6.7
Red Mandacaru
1961
6.0
The Grand Moment
1958
8.2
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
7.1
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
6.3
O Saci
195110.0
Juventude
1949