Ruy Guerra

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Ruy Guerra

Directing 95 August 22, 1931

Maputo, Moçambique

Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in L…

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

7.4 1972 Movie
The House of Sand

The House of Sand

6.7 2005 Movie
The Guns

The Guns

7.5 1964 Movie
Erendira

Erendira

6.1 1983 Movie
The Unscrupulous Ones

The Unscrupulous Ones

6.3 1962 Movie
Cinema Novo

Cinema Novo

6.7 2016 Movie
Chico: Brazilian Artist

Chico: Brazilian Artist

7.8 2015 Movie
Oblivious Memory

Oblivious Memory

7.6 2018 Movie
Blue Blood

Blue Blood

5.7 2014 Movie
Kuarup

Kuarup

4.6 1989 Movie
The Suns of Easter Island

The Suns of Easter Island

6.4 1972 Movie
Malandro

Malandro

7.0 1986 Movie

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Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Time, Knifed

    Movie Writer

  2. 2026
    A Fúria

    Movie Director

  3. 2025
    In Pieces

    Movie Director

  4. 2024
    Asa Real

    Movie

  5. 2023
    Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

    Movie

  6. 2022
    Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2021
    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

    Movie Self

  8. 2021
    Tempo Ruy

    Movie Self

  9. 2020
    Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

    Movie Self

  10. 2018
    Oblivious Memory

    Movie Voz do sapo

  11. 2017
    Saudade

    Movie Self

  12. 2017
    The Man Who Killed John Wayne

    Movie Self

  13. 2016
    Cinema Novo

    Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  14. 2016
    Gabo & Cinema

    Movie Self

  15. 2015
    Chico: Brazilian Artist

    Movie Self

  16. 2015
    About Cinema

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2015
    The Mirror

    Movie Consulting Editor

  2. 2014
    Blue Blood

    Movie Mumbebo

  3. 2010
    5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

    Movie

  4. 2006
    In Evil Hour

    Movie Director

  5. 2006
    Breathless

    Movie

  6. 2005
    The House of Sand

    Movie Vasco de Sá

  7. 2004
    Portugal S.A.

    Movie Director

  8. 2001
    A Linguagem do Cinema

    Movie

  9. 2000
    Turbulence

    Movie Writer

  10. 2000
    Monsanto

    Movie Director

  11. 1999
    Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão

    Movie

  12. 1997
    Dib

    Movie Self

  13. 1996
    The Jew

    Movie Editor

  14. 1994
    I Sell My Dreams

    TV show Director

  15. 1990
    Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

    Movie Director

  16. 1989
    Kuarup

    Movie Director

  17. 1986
    Malandro

    Movie Producer

  18. 1985
    Nifrapo

    Movie

  19. 1984
    Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

    Movie Director

  20. 1983
    Erendira

    Movie Director

  21. 1982
    Mueda, Memory and Massacre

    Movie Director

  22. 1981
    La Lettre Volèe

    Movie Director

  23. 1977
    Branded For Life

    Movie

  24. 1976
    The Fall

    Movie Director