Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 22, 1928, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- April 12, 2018
- Movies
- 76
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2013 | A Luz do Tom | Director |
| 2012 | The Music According to Tom Jobim | Director, Screenplay |
| 2007 | Português - A Língua do Brasil | Director |
| 2006 | Brasília 18% | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Raízes do Brasil | Director |
| 2001 | Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti | Director |
| 2001 | Casa Grande & Senzala | Director |
| 1995 | Cinema of Tears | Director, Screenplay |
| 1994 | The Third Bank of the River | Director, Screenplay |
| 1988 | Sonhei com Você | Producer |
| 1987 | Jubiabá | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Memories of Prison | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1982 | O côco do Macalé | Producer |
| 1982 | A Missa do Galo | Director, Writer |
| 1982 | Insônia | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | The Highway of Life | Director |
| 1980 | Um Ladrão | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Tent of Miracles | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro | Producer |
| 1974 | The Amulet of Ogum | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1972 | Who Is Beta? | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Jornalismo e Independência | Director |
| 1972 | Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier | Director |
| 1971 | How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | The Alienist | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Hunger for Love | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | El Justicero | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1967 | A Public Opinion | Producer |
| 1966 | Fala Brasília | Director |
| 1965 | O Rio de Machado de Assis | Director |
| 1964 | A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Barren Lives | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | Golden Mouth | Director, Writer |
| 1961 | Red Mandacaru | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1958 | The Grand Moment | Producer |
| 1957 | Rio, Northern Zone | Director, Screenplay |
| 1955 | Rio, 100 Degrees F° | Director, Screenplay |
| 1949 | Juventude | Director |
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