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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 Bra…
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- Critic (2008) as Self
- Barren Lives (1963) Director
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998) Cast
- Rio, Northern Zone (1957) Director
- Memories of Prison (1984) Producer
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Cinema Novo (2016) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971) Director
- Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017) as Self
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965) Associate Producer
- The Turning Wind (1962) Editor
- The Amulet of Ogum (1974) Director
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) as Self
- Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (2007) as Self
- Rio, 100 Degrees F° (1955) Director
- The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012) Director
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Brasília 18% (2006) Director
- Insônia (1982) Director
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015) as Self
- Golden Mouth (1963) Director
- Tent of Miracles (1977) Director
- A Paz é Dourada (2008) Cast
- Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air (2007) as Self
- Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982) Assistant Production Manager
- Dib (1997) as Self
- As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro (1975) Producer
- Cinema of Tears (1995) Director
- Jubiabá (1987) Director
- At the Edge of the Earth (2002) as Self
- Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021) as Self
- The Good Cinema (2021) as Self
- A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow (1964) Director
- The Third Bank of the River (1994) Director
- Hunger for Love (1968) Director
- A Missa do Galo (1982) Director
- Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (2001) Director
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) as Self
- Raízes do Brasil (2004) Director
- Five Times Favela (1962) Editor
- Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991) Cast
- Garden of War (1969) Cast
- Brazil in Cannes (1971) Cast
- El Justicero (1967) Director
- O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro (2014) Cast
- Que Viva Glauber! (1991) Cast
- Who Is Beta? (1972) Director
- The Alienist (1970) Director
- Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015) as Self
- Red Mandacaru (1961) Director
- O Saci (1953) Assistant Director
- Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (1989) as Self
- The Highway of Life (1980) Director
- Menino da Calça Branca (1962) Editor
- Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier (1972) Director
- Nelson Filma (1971) Cast
- Português - A Língua do Brasil (2007) Director
- Um Ladrão (1980) Director
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal (2008) as Self
- O Grande Momento (1958) Producer
- Absolute Majority (1964) Editor
- Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984) as himself
- A música que meu pai gostava (2018) Cast
- Fala Brasília (1966) Director
- Jornalismo e Independência (1972) Director
- A Public Opinion (1967) Producer
- Casa Grande & Senzala (2001) Director
- How to Die in Cinema (2002) as Himself
- Sonhei com Você (1988) Producer
- Referências (2006) as Self
- A Luz do Tom (2013) Director
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984) as himself
- O côco do Macalé (1982) Producer
- Amuleto (2025) Cast
- Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (2013) Cast
- Nelson Filma o Rio (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Uma Vida Dividida (1999) as Ele mesmo
- O Rio de Machado de Assis (1965) Director
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