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Nelson Pereira dos Santos
São Paulo, Brazil
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 t…
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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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2025
Amuleto
Movie
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2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Movie Self
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2021
The Good Cinema
Movie Self
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2021
Nelson Filma o Rio
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2018
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2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Movie Self
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2016
Cinema Novo
Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Movie Self
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2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Movie Self
- 2014
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2013
A Luz do Tom
Movie Director
- 2013
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2012
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Movie Director
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2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
A Paz é Dourada
Movie
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2008
Critic
Movie Self
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2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Movie Self
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2007
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Movie Self
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2007
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Movie Self
- 2007
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2006
Brasília 18%
Movie Writer
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2006
Referências
Movie Self
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2004
Raízes do Brasil
Movie Director
- 2003
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2002
At the Edge of the Earth
Movie Self
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2002
How to Die in Cinema
Movie Himself
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2001
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Movie Director
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2001
Casa Grande & Senzala
TV show Director
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2001
Casa Grande & Senzala
Movie Director
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1999
Uma Vida Dividida
Movie Ele mesmo
- 1998
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1997
Dib
Movie Self
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1995
Cinema of Tears
Movie Director
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1994
The Third Bank of the River
Movie Director
- 1991
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1991
Que Viva Glauber!
Movie
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1989
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
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