Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Actor
October 22, 1928 — April 12, 2018 (89 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2003 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1986 | Jubiabá · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | |
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| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga · as Associate Producer |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2006 | |
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| 1995 | |
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| 1986 | |
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| 1980 | |
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| 1977 | |
| 1974 | |
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| 1968 | |
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| 1963 | |
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| 1957 | |
| 1955 |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim · as Screenplay |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | |
| 1995 | Cinema of Tears · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | The Third Bank of the River · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | A Very Crazy Asylum · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1963 | Barren Lives · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1957 | Rio, Zona Norte · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Nelson Pereira Dos Santos - A Life of Cinema · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Nelson Filma o Rio · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Já que Ninguém me Tira pra Dançar · as Self |
| 2021 | The Good Cinema · as Self |
| 2020 | Candango: Memórias do Festival · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Director (in Memoriam) |
| 2018 | Memórias do Grupo Opinião · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Cinema Novo · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Oscar Niemeyer: A Vida é um Sopro · as Self |
| 2008 | Crítico · as Self |
| 2007 | Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? · as Self |
| 2003 | Celebrity · as Self |
| 2003 | Glauber: O Filme, Labirinto do Brasil · as Self |
| 2001 | At the Edge of the Earth · as Self |
| 1997 | Dib · as Self |
| 1986 | Roda Viva · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Cinema Novo · as Self |
| 1997 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1961 | Mandacaru Vermelho · as Augusto |
| 1982 | Go Ahead, Brazil! · as Assistant Production Manager |
| 1974 | The Amulet of Ogum · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | Rio, 40 Degrees · as Story |
| 1953 | O Saci · as Assistant Director |