Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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 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.
Known For
Top 38 Movies
How to Die in Cinema
2002
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
Nelson Filma
1971
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
Cinema Novo
2016
Red Mandacaru
1961
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
Critic
2008
A Paz é Dourada
2008
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Garden of War
1969
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989
Amuleto
2025
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
The Good Cinema
2021
Dib
1997
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
Referências
2006
Uma Vida Dividida
1999
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984