Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
Born: 1928-10-22 · São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2018-04-12
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Amuleto
2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
Self
The Good Cinema
2021
Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava
2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
Self
Cinema Novo
2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Critic
2008
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008
Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
Self