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.
38 movies
Amuleto
2025·0.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023·7.0
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021·8.0
The Good Cinema
2021·0.0
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021·0.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020·5.0
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019·0.0
A música que meu pai gostava
2018·0.0
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017·0.0
Cinema Novo
2016·6.7
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015·8.0
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015·0.0
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014·0.0
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013·8.0
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011·0.0
A Paz é Dourada
2008·9.0
Critic
2008·7.9
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008·0.0
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2007·0.0
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007·6.9
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007·0.0
Referências
2006·0.0
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003·6.3
At the Edge of the Earth
2002·7.5
How to Die in Cinema
2002·6.2
Uma Vida Dividida
1999·0.0
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998·5.6
Dib
1997·8.0
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991·0.0
Que Viva Glauber!
1991·0.0
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989·0.0
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984·0.0
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984·0.0
Brazil in Cannes
1971·0.0
Nelson Filma
1971·0.0
Garden of War
1969·7.1
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967·7.5
Red Mandacaru
1961·6.7