Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
🎂 1928-10-22
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.
Cast credits(32)
Self
2008
Himself
2002
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
2021
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Augusto
1961
Self
2003
Self
1997
2013
Self
2015
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self (archive footage)
2019
1998
Self
2017
Self
1967
Self
2021
2014
Self
2007
Self
2006
1969
1971
1991
Self (archive footage)
2011
1971
Self
2002
Self (archive footage)
2021
1991
Self
2015
2018
2007
2008
Self
1989
Directing (33)
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1977
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1963
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2004
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1957
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1967
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2006
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1995
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1955
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1971
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1987
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2012
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1974
Director
1961
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1963
Assistant Director
1953
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1984
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2001
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1972
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1949
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1994
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2013
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2001
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1982
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2007
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1966
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1972
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