
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
🎂 1928-10-22
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.
Cast credits(32)

Self
2007

Self (archive footage)
2020

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2003

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2006

1998

Self
2021

Self
2015

Himself
2002

Self (archive footage)
2019

Self
1967

Self
2008

1971

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016

1971

1991

1969

Self
1989
2007

2008

Self (archive footage)
2023

Self
2017

Augusto
1961

Self
1997

Self
2021

1991

Self (archive footage)
2011
Self
2015

2014
2013

Self
2002

Self (archive footage)
2021
2018
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1957
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1961

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1971

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1953
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