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 masterpiece. In 2006, he was elected Immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, a position he held until his death in 2018.

Known For

Cinema Novo

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Crítico

as Self

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

as Self

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

as Self

Garden of War

At the Edge of the Earth

as Self

How to Die in Cinema

as Himself

Mandacaru Vermelho

as Augusto

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

as Self (archive footage)