Ruy Guerra
Directing
Born: 1931-08-22 · Maputo, Moçambique
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
🎬 Movies (30)
A Fúria
2026
Director
In Pieces
2025
Director
Asa Real
2024
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
Self (archive footage)
Tempo Ruy
2021
Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Self
Oblivious Memory
2018
Director
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017
Self
Saudade
2017
Self
Gabo & Cinema
2016
Self
Cinema Novo
2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
About Cinema
2015
Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015
Self
The Mirror
2015
Consulting Editor
Blue Blood
2014
Mumbebo
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Breathless
2006
In Evil Hour
2006
Director
The House of Sand
2005
Vasco de Sá
Portugal S.A.
2004
Director
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
Turbulence
2000
Director
Monsanto
2000
Director
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999
Dib
1997
Self
The Jew
1996
Editor
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990
Director
Kuarup
1989
Director
