Biography
Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. He also directed Rio 40° (his first feature film) which was released in 1955. The film is a chronicle of life in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and it influenced several other directors, spurring the Cinema Novo moment. His most well-known film outside of Brazil is Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, 1971). It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. The film takes place in the sixteenth century and details the alleged cannibalistic practices of the (now extinct) indigenous Tupinamba warrior tribe against the French and Portuguese colonizers of the Brazilian littoral. The film is something of a black comedy about European colonialism, one that makes satirical use of the Brazilian modernist trope of antropofagia (cultural cannibalism), then recently revived by the Tropicalismo movement of the 1960s, as well as a bitter commentary on the historical genocide of the indigenous tribes in Latin America and the gradual destruction of their civilization. Santos was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 2006 up to his death, result of multiple organ failure, on 12 April 2018.
Filmography
all 69
Movies 69
Director 33
self 15
Producer 6
The Good Cinema (2021)
A música que meu pai gostava (2018)
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)
Cinema Novo (2016)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015)
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015)
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro (2014)
A Luz do Tom (2013)
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (2013)
Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011)
Crítico (2008)
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (2007)
Português - A Língua do Brasil (2007)
Brasília 18% (2006)
Referências (2006)
Raízes do Brasil (2004)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
At the Edge of the Earth (2002)
How to Die in Cinema (2002)
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (2001)
Casa Grande & Senzala (2001)
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998)
Dib (1997)
Cinema de Lágrimas (1995)
The Third Bank of the River (1994)
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991)
Que Viva Glauber! (1991)
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (1989)
Sonhei com Você (1988)
Jubiabá (1987)
Memories of Prison (1984)
Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982)
Insônia (1982)
A Missa do Galo (1982)
The Highway of Life (1980)
Um Ladrão (1980)
Lady on the Bus (1978)
Tent of Miracles (1977)
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro (1975)
The Amulet of Ogum (1974)
Who Is Beta? (1972)
Jornalismo e Independência (1972)
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier (1972)
Brazil in Cannes (1971)
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
Nelson Filma (1971)
The Alienist (1970)
Hunger for Love (1968)
Garden of War (1968)
El Justicero (1967)
A Public Opinion (1967)
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
Fala Brasília (1966)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
Maioria Absoluta (1964)
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow (1964)
Barren Lives (1963)
Golden Mouth (1963)
Pedreira de São Diogo (1962)
The Turning Wind (1962)
Menino da Calça Branca (1962)
Cinco Vezes Favela (1962)
Mandacaru Vermelho (1961)
The Grand Moment (1958)
Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
Rio, 100 Degrees F. (1955)
O Saci (1951)
Juventude (1949)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-10-22
Deathday2018-04-21 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceSão Paulo, Brazil
ChildrenNey Santanna
CitizenshipsBrazil
Also Known AsНелсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос, Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
AwardsCommander of the Order of Rio Branco, Ordem do Mérito Cultural
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