Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Born: 1928-10-22
Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Known For
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Critic
Referências
Amuleto
A Paz é Dourada
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Nelson Filma
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
The Good Cinema
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Que Viva Glauber!
Uma Vida Dividida
Garden of War
Brazil in Cannes
Red Mandacaru
Cinema Novo
At the Edge of the Earth
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Nelson Filma o Rio
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
How to Die in Cinema
