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30
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Director
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
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Directed movies: 30Directed series: 0All crew credits: 42
TMDB ID: 12386
IMDb ID: nm0673051
Known for: Directing
Born: October 22, 1928
Died: April 12, 2018
Age: 89
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 7.02
Wikidata: Q737762
Also known as
Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус • Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос • Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус • Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
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Director (29)Assistant Director (1)Producer (6)Editor (4)Assistant Production Manager (1)Associate Producer (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
5.0
A Luz do Tom
Director
2013 Movie
7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Director
2012 Movie
4.4
Brasília 18%
Director
2006 Movie
7.5
Raízes do Brasil
Director
2004 Movie
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
2001 Movie
4.6
Cinema de Lágrimas
Director
1995 Movie
5.4
The Third Bank of the River
Director
1994 Movie
5.2
Jubiabá
Director
1987 Movie
5.8
A Missa do Galo
Director
1982 Movie
Insônia
Director
1982 Movie
6.5
The Highway of Life
Director
1980 Movie
Um Ladrão
Director
1980 Movie
4.7
Tent of Miracles
Director
1977 Movie
6.2
The Amulet of Ogum
Director
1974 Movie
5.1
Who Is Beta?
Director
1972 Movie
Jornalismo e Independência
Director
1972 Movie
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Director
1972 Movie
6.0
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Director
1971 Movie
6.2
The Alienist
Director
1970 Movie
4.8
Hunger for Love
Director
1968 Movie
5.4
El Justicero
Director
1967 Movie
Fala Brasília
Director
1966 Movie
O Rio de Machado de Assis
Director
1965 Movie
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Director
1964 Movie
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Insônia
Director
1982 Movie
Fala Brasília
Director
1966 Movie
6.0
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Director
1971 Movie
6.8
The Turning Wind
Editor
1962 Movie
7.0
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director
1955 Movie
5.2
Jubiabá
Director
1987 Movie
7.3
Barren Lives
Director
1963 Movie
7.9
Critic
as Self
2008 Movie
7.4
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
1965 Movie
7.4
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
1982 Movie
6.2
The Amulet of Ogum
Director
1974 Movie
7.1
At the Edge of the Earth
as Self
2002 Movie
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Sonhei com Você
Producer
1988 Movie
6.7
Memories of Prison
Producer
1984 Movie
O côco do Macalé
Producer
1982 Movie
7.4
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
1982 Movie
6.5
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
Producer
1975 Movie
6.0
A Public Opinion
Producer
1967 Movie
7.4
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
1965 Movie
9.0
Absolute Majority
Editor
1964 Movie
7.8
Five Times Favela
Editor
1962 Movie
6.8
The Turning Wind
Editor
1962 Movie
6.9
Menino da Calça Branca
Editor
1962 Movie
5.7
O Grande Momento
Producer
1958 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Amuleto
2025 Movie
7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
2021 Movie
The Good Cinema
as Self
2021 Movie
Nelson Filma o Rio
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2017 Movie
6.7
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016 Movie
8.0
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self
2015 Movie
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014 Movie
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie