
Directing
Born October 22, 1928 · 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 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.

A Luz do Tom
2013

The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007

Brasília 18%
2006

Raízes do Brasil
2004
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001

Casa Grande & Senzala
2001

Cinema de Lágrimas
1995

The Third Bank of the River
1994

Jubiabá
1987

Memories of Prison
1984

A Missa do Galo
1982

Insônia
1982

The Highway of Life
1980

Um Ladrão
1980

Tent of Miracles
1977

The Amulet of Ogum
1974

Who Is Beta?
1972

Jornalismo e Independência
1972

Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971

The Alienist
1970

Hunger for Love
1968

El Justicero
1967

Fala Brasília
1966

O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965

A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964

Barren Lives
1963

Golden Mouth
1963

Red Mandacaru
1961

Rio, Northern Zone
1957

Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
Juventude
1949

Amuleto
2025

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021

The Good Cinema
2021

Nelson Filma o Rio
2021

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
A música que meu pai gostava
2018

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017

Cinema Novo
2016

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015

O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011

A Paz é Dourada
2008

Critic
2008

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008

Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007

Referências
2006

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003

At the Edge of the Earth
2002

How to Die in Cinema
2002

Uma Vida Dividida
1999

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998