Nelson Pereira dos Santos

1928-10-22 São Paulo, Brazil

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Vida de Cinema	Self (archive footage)	2023-05-17
	Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar	Self	2021-10-28
	O Bom Cinema	Self	2021-03-18
	Nelson Filma o Rio	Self (archive footage)	2021-01-01
	Candango: Memórias do Festival	Self (archive footage)	2020-10-22
	Memórias do Grupo Opinião	Self (archive footage)	2019-05-15
	A música que meu pai gostava		2018-07-09
	O Cinema Brasileiro no Século XX	Self	2017-03-31
	Cinema Novo	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	2016-05-16
	Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema	Self	2015-06-30
	Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro	Self	2015-10-05
	O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro		2014-04-02
	Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade		2013-01-22
	Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro	Self (archive footage)	2011-08-22
	A Paz é Dourada		2008-08-14
	Crítico	Self	2008-01-22
	Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?	Self	2007-09-04
	Português - A Língua do Brasil		2007-01-02
	Referências	Self	2006-01-01
	Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil	Self	2003-09-17
	Como se Morre no Cinema	Himself	2002-03-07
	Onde a Terra Acaba	Self	2002-07-07
	For All - O Trampolim da Vitória		1998-05-15
	Dib	Self	1997-01-02
	Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?		1991-07-11
	Que Viva Glauber!		1991-01-01
	Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo	Self	1989-01-02
	Brasil em Cannes		1971-12-24
	Nelson Filma		1971-01-01
	Jardim de guerra		1969-05-13
	Improvisiert und zielbewusst: Cinema Novo	Self	1967-01-01
	Mandacaru Vermelho	Augusto	1961-11-27