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.
Filmography
Amuleto
2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
as Self
The Good Cinema
2021
as Self
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)
- No poster
A música que meu pai gostava
2018
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
as Self
Cinema Novo
2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015
as Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
as Self
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
- No poster
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
as Self (archive footage)
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Critic
2008
as Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008
as Self
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007
as Self
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
as Self
- No poster
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007
Referências
2006
as Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self
At the Edge of the Earth
2002
as Self