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João Gilberto
Juazeiro, Bahia, Brasil
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira OMC, better known as João Gilberto (Juazeiro, June 10, 1931 — Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2019), was a Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer…
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João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira OMC, better known as João Gilberto (Juazeiro, June 10, 1931 — Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2019), was a Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer. Considered a brilliant artist by musicologists and specialized journalists, he revolutionized Brazilian music by creating a new guitar beat to play samba: the "Bossa Nova".
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Movies and shows, newest first
- 2026
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2025
Ritas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
They Shot the Piano Player
Movie Self (archive audio)
- 2023
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2022
Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
Movie Self
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2022
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Movie Self (voice)
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2019
O Barato de Iacanga
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2019
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2018
Where Are You, João Gilberto?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Movie Self
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2011
O Gerente
Movie
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2008
Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world
Movie Self
- 2007
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2005
Vinicius de Moraes
Movie Self - Guitar Player "Eu Não Existo Sem Você" (archive footage)
More credits
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2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
João Gilberto - Live In Tokyo
Movie himself
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1997
It's All Brazil
Movie Self
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1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Movie Self
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1992
João & Antônio
Movie Self
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1990
Isto é Noel Rosa
Movie
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1990
Welles' Language
Movie Music
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1986
It's Not All True
Movie Original Music Composer
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1981
Brasil
Movie Self
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1980
Grandes Nomes
TV show Self
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1964
Seara Vermelha
Movie Songs
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1962
Copacabana Palace
Movie Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
- 1958
