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.
Directed Films
A Luz do Tom
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Brasília 18%
Raízes do Brasil
Casa Grande & Senzala
Cinema of Tears
The Third Bank of the River
Jubiabá
Memories of Prison
A Missa do Galo
Insônia
The Highway of Life
Um Ladrão
Tent of Miracles
The Amulet of Ogum
Who Is Beta?
Jornalismo e Independência
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
The Alienist
Hunger for Love
El Justicero
Fala Brasília
O Rio de Machado de Assis
Also Appeared In
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
