Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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.
Known for
- Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021)
- Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
- Critic (2008)
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)
- At the Edge of the Earth (2002)
- The Good Cinema (2021)
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
- Uma Vida Dividida (1999)
- Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air (2007)
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal (2008)
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (2023)
- Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984)
- Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984)
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998)
- A Paz é Dourada (2008)
- Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (2007)
- Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015)
- O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro (2014)