Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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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…
Also known as
Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус · Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос · Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус · Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
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Known For
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Movie
A Public Opinion
1967 · Movie
Fala Brasília
1966 · Movie
Insônia
1982 · Movie
The Highway of Life
1980 · Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Movie
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Movie
Sonhei com Você
1988 · Movie
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984 · Movie
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Movie
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998 · Movie
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971 · Movie