Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Known for

Directing

Born

Oct 22, 1928

Died

Apr 12, 2018

From

São Paulo, Brazil

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.

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Cinema Novo

20166.7out of 10

Critic

20087.9out of 10

Garden of War

19697.1out of 10

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

19677.5out of 10

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

20076.9out of 10

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

20036.3out of 10

At the Edge of the Earth

20027.5out of 10

How to Die in Cinema

20026.2out of 10

Red Mandacaru

19616.7out of 10

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

19985.6out of 10

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

20218.0out of 10

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

20237.0out of 10

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro

20158.0out of 10

Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade

20138.0out of 10

Dib

19978.0out of 10

A Paz é Dourada

20089.0out of 10

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

20205.0out of 10

The Good Cinema

20210.0out of 10