Overview
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Known For
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos...
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz...
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and...
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.