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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 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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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self

The Good Cinema
as Self

Nelson Filma o Rio
as Self (archive footage)

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
A música que meu pai gostava

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self

Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self

O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)

A Paz é Dourada

Critic
as Self

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as Self

Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
as Self

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
as Self
Português - A Língua do Brasil

Referências
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self

At the Edge of the Earth
as Self

How to Die in Cinema
as Himself

Uma Vida Dividida
as Ele mesmo

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Dib
as Self

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

Que Viva Glauber!

Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
as Self

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
as himself

Claves, 2: We will return younger
as himself

Brazil in Cannes

Nelson Filma

Garden of War

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self

Red Mandacaru
as Augusto