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Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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.
As director
A Luz do Tom
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Brasília 18%
Raízes do Brasil
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Casa Grande & Senzala
Cinema of Tears
The Third Bank of the River
Jubiabá
Memories of Prison
A Missa do Galo
Insônia
Um Ladrão
The Highway of Life
Tent of Miracles
The Amulet of Ogum
Jornalismo e Independência
Who Is Beta?
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
The Alienist
Hunger for Love
El Justicero
Fala Brasília
O Rio de Machado de Assis
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Barren Lives
Golden Mouth
Red Mandacaru
As actor
Amuleto
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
The Good Cinema
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Nelson Filma o Rio
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
A música que meu pai gostava
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Cinema Novo
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Critic
A Paz é Dourada
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Referências
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
How to Die in Cinema
At the Edge of the Earth
Uma Vida Dividida
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
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