Directing
Ruy Guerra
Born August 22, 1931 Maputo, Moçambique
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
Directed Films
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A Fúria
2026·Drama
5.5
In Pieces
2025·Drama
7.6
Oblivious Memory
2018·Adventure
5.7
In Evil Hour
2006·Drama
6.0
Portugal S.A.
2004·Drama
6.4
Turbulence
2000·Drama
6.5
Monsanto
2000·Drama
4.8
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990·Romance
4.6
Kuarup
1989
7.0
Malandro
1986·Drama
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Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
1984·Documentary
6.1
Erendira
1983·Drama
7.0
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982·Documentary
6.8
The Fall
1976·Drama
6.0
Of Gods and the Undead
1970·Drama
6.3
Sweet Hunters
1970·Drama
7.5
The Guns
1964·Drama
6.3
The Unscrupulous Ones
1962·Drama
Also Appeared In
10.0
Asa Real
2024·Mystery
8.0
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023·Documentary
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022·Documentary
8.0
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021·Documentary
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Tempo Ruy
2021·Documentary
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020·Documentary
7.6
Oblivious Memory
2018·Adventure
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Saudade
2017·Documentary
7.5
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017·Documentary
6.7
Cinema Novo
2016·Documentary
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Gabo & Cinema
2016·Documentary
7.8
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015·Documentary