Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
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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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
The Good Cinema
Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
Critic
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Referências
Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
How to Die in Cinema
Himself
Uma Vida Dividida
Ele mesmo
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Dib
Self
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Que Viva Glauber!
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Self
Claves, 2: We will return younger
himself
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
himself
Brazil in Cannes
Nelson Filma
Garden of War
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
Red Mandacaru
Augusto