Directed credits
31
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Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Directing
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Directed movies: 30Directed series: 1All crew credits: 43
TMDB ID: 12386
IMDb ID: nm0673051
Known for: Directing
Born: October 22, 1928
Died: April 12, 2018
Age: 89
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 7.08
Wikidata: Q737762
Also known as
Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус • Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос • Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус • Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
Frequent jobs
Director (30)Assistant Director (1)Producer (6)Editor (4)Assistant Production Manager (1)Associate Producer (1)
Biography
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Director
A Luz do Tom
2013 • Movie
Director
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 • Movie
Director
Brasília 18%
2006 • Movie
Director
Raízes do Brasil
2004 • Movie
Director
Casa Grande & Senzala
2001 • Movie
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Cinema of Tears
1995 • Movie
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The Third Bank of the River
1994 • Movie
Director
Jubiabá
1987 • Movie
Director
A Missa do Galo
1982 • Movie
Director
Insônia
1982 • Movie
Director
The Highway of Life
1980 • Movie
Director
Um Ladrão
1980 • Movie
Director
Tent of Miracles
1977 • Movie
Director
The Amulet of Ogum
1974 • Movie
Director
Who Is Beta?
1972 • Movie
Director
Jornalismo e Independência
1972 • Movie
Director
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972 • Movie
Director
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971 • Movie
Director
The Alienist
1970 • Movie
Director
Hunger for Love
1968 • Movie
Director
El Justicero
1967 • Movie
Director
Fala Brasília
1966 • Movie
Director
O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965 • Movie
Director
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
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Highest rated movies linked with Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
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as Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 • Movie
Director
The Highway of Life
1980 • Movie
Director
Insônia
1982 • Movie
as himself
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984 • Movie
Producer
Sonhei com Você
1988 • Movie
as himself
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984 • Movie
as Self
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 • Movie
Director
Fala Brasília
1966 • Movie
Producer
Memories of Prison
1984 • Movie
Producer
A Public Opinion
1967 • Movie
as Ele mesmo
Uma Vida Dividida
1999 • Movie
as Self
Critic
2008 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Producer
Sonhei com Você
1988 • Movie
Producer
Memories of Prison
1984 • Movie
Producer
O côco do Macalé
1982 • Movie
Assistant Production Manager
Go Ahead, Brazil!
1982 • Movie
Producer
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
1975 • Movie
Producer
A Public Opinion
1967 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965 • Movie
Editor
Absolute Majority
1964 • Movie
Editor
Five Times Favela
1962 • Movie
Editor
The Turning Wind
1962 • Movie
Editor
Menino da Calça Branca
1962 • Movie
Producer
The Grand Moment
1958 • Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Amuleto
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 • Movie
as Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 • Movie
as Self
The Good Cinema
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Filma o Rio
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 • Movie
as Self
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cinema Novo
2016 • Movie
as Self
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015 • Movie
as Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015 • Movie
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014 • Movie