Director
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
October 22, 1928 · 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.
Often works with
Jofre Soares
6 titles together
Barren Lives, Memories of Prison, The Amulet of Ogum
Nildo Parente
6 titles together
Memories of Prison, The Alienist, Brasília 18%
Arduíno Colassanti
5 titles together
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, The Alienist, Hunger for Love
Manfredo Colassanti
4 titles together
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, The Alienist, Hunger for Love
Emmanuel Cavalcanti
4 titles together
The Amulet of Ogum, Garden of War, Tent of Miracles
Maria Ribeiro
3 titles together
Barren Lives, The Amulet of Ogum, The Third Bank of the River
Full filmography · 44
Amuleto
cast
2025
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
cast
2014
A Luz do Tom
Director
2013Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
cast
2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Director
2012
A Paz é Dourada
cast
2008
Brasília 18%
Writer and Director
2006
Raízes do Brasil
Director
2004Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Director
2001
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
2001
Uma Vida Dividida
as Ele mesmo
1999
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
cast
1998