Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing • AGE 89
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 Ci...
Filmography
Amuleto
2025
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
2021
The Good Cinema
Self
2021
Nelson Filma o Rio
Self (archive footage)
2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
2020
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
2019
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
2017
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Self
2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
2015
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014
A Luz do Tom
Director
2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Director
2012
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
2011
A Paz é Dourada
2008
Critic
Self
2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
2008
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
Self
2007
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Self
2007
Brasília 18%
Writer
2006
Referências
Self
2006
Raízes do Brasil
Director
2004
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
2003
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
2002
How to Die in Cinema
Himself
2002
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
2001
Casa Grande & Senzala
Director
2001
Uma Vida Dividida
Ele mesmo
1999
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Dib
Self
1997
Cinema of Tears
Director
1995
The Third Bank of the River
Director
1994
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Que Viva Glauber!
1991
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Self
1989
Sonhei com Você
Producer
1988
Jubiabá
Director
1987
Memories of Prison
Producer
1984
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
himself
1984
Claves, 2: We will return younger
himself
1984
O côco do Macalé
Producer
1982
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Assistant Production Manager
1982
A Missa do Galo
Writer
1982
Insônia
Writer
1982
The Highway of Life
Director
1980
Um Ladrão
Director
1980
Tent of Miracles
Director
1977
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
Producer
1975
The Amulet of Ogum
Director
1974
Who Is Beta?
Director
1972
Jornalismo e Independência
Director
1972
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Director
1972
Brazil in Cannes
1971
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Writer
1971
Nelson Filma
1971
The Alienist
Director
1970
Garden of War
1969
Hunger for Love
Director
1968
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
1967
El Justicero
Director
1967
A Public Opinion
Producer
1967
Fala Brasília
Editor
1966
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Associate Producer
1965
O Rio de Machado de Assis
Director
1965
Absolute Majority
Editor
1964
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Writer
1964
Barren Lives
Director
1963
Golden Mouth
Director
1963
Five Times Favela
Editor
1962
The Turning Wind
Editor
1962
Red Mandacaru
Augusto
1961
O Grande Momento
Producer
1958
Rio, Northern Zone
Director
1957
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Director
1955
O Saci
Assistant Director
1951