Director
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
1928São Paulo, Brazil30 Films
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.
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5.0
A Luz do Tom
2013
7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
4.4
Brasília 18%
2006
7.5
Raízes do Brasil
2004
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001
4.6
Cinema de Lágrimas
1995
5.4
The Third Bank of the River
1994
5.2
Jubiabá
1987
6.7
Memories of Prison
1984
5.8
A Missa do Galo
1982
Insônia
1982
6.5
The Highway of Life
1980
Um Ladrão
1980
4.7
Tent of Miracles
1977
6.2
The Amulet of Ogum
1974
5.1
Who Is Beta?
1972
Jornalismo e Independência
1972
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972
6.0
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
6.2
The Alienist
1970
4.8
Hunger for Love
1968
5.4
El Justicero
1967
Fala Brasília
1966
O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964
7.3
Barren Lives
1963
6.2
Golden Mouth
1963
6.6
Red Mandacaru
1961
8.2
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
7.0