Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-10-22 (90 years old)
Deathday
2018-04-12
Place of Birth
São Paulo, Brazil
Also known As
Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус
Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос
Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус
Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
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 ma...
Acting
2021
as Self
2007
as Self
1971
1967
2002
as Himself
2015
as Self
1961
as Augusto
2002
as Self
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2015
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1989
1997
as Self
1971
1969
2008
as Self
2017
2006
as Self
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2008
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1984
as Producer
1972
as Director
1974
as Director
1971
as Director
1971
as Writer
1972
as Director
2012
as Director
1994
as Director
1955
as Director
1968
as Director
1970
as Director
1974
as Cinematography
1974
as Producer
1957
as Director
1963
as Director
1967
as Director
1984
as Director
1984
as Writer
1980
as Director
1958
as Producer
1977
as Director
1977
as Writer
2013
as Director
1961
as Director
1961
as Writer
1961
as Producer
2006
as Director
2006
as Writer
1982
as Director
1982
as Writer
2001
as Director
1980
as Director
2004
as Director
1967
as Producer
2007
as Director
1987
as Director
1995
as Director
1995
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1966
as Editor
1962
as Editor
1962
as Editor
1953
as Assistant Director
1987
as Executive Producer
1974
as Writer
2001
as Director
1975
as Producer
1982
as Director
1982
as Writer
2012
as Screenplay
1955
as Story
1972
as Writer
1964
as Director
1964
as Writer
1970
as Screenplay
1988
as Producer
1972
as Director
1994
as Screenplay
1962
as Editor
1964
as Editor
1972
as Camera Operator
1982
as Assistant Production Manager
1967
as Writer
1967
as Producer
1963
as Writer
1957
as Screenplay
1987
as Writer
1949
as Director
1955
as Screenplay
1968
as Writer
1968
as Editor
1965
as Associate Producer
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