Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Age: N/A | From: São Paulo, Brazil
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус , Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос , Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус , Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш
Gender: Male
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 86
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Barren Lives
(1963) Screenplay
Raízes do Brasil
(2004) Director
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
(1971) Writer
Rio, Zona Norte
(1957) Screenplay
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
(1965) Producer
The Alienist
(1970) Screenplay
Music According to Tom Jobim
(2012) Director
Go Ahead, Brazil!
(1982) Assistant Production ManagerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2021 | Self | |
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2016 | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| 2013 | N/A | |
| 2011 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
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| 2006 | Self | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self | |
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| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1991 | N/A | |
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| 1989 | Self | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
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| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Self | |
| 1961 | Augusto | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2013 | Director | |
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
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| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
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| 1980 | Director | |
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| 1977 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
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| 1971 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
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| 1961 | Director | |
| 1957 | Director | |
| 1955 | Director | |
| 1951 | Assistant Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Screenplay | |
| 1993 | Screenplay | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1982 | Writer | |
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| 1977 | Writer | |
| 1974 | Writer | |
| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1971 | Writer | |
| 1970 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Writer | |
| 1963 | Screenplay | |
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| 1961 | Writer | |
| 1957 | Screenplay | |
| 1955 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Producer | |
| 1987 | Executive Producer | |
| 1984 | Producer | |
| 1982 | Assistant Production Manager | |
| 1975 | Producer | |
| 1974 | Producer | |
| 1967 | Producer | |
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| 1965 | Producer | |
| 1961 | Producer | |
| 1958 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Camera Operator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Editor | |
| 1964 | Editor | |
| 1962 | Editor | |
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