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
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
The Good Cinema
Nelson Filma o Rio
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Cinema Novo
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
A Paz é Dourada
Critic
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Referências
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
At the Edge of the Earth
How to Die in Cinema
Uma Vida Dividida
