Glauber Rocha
Brazilian film director, actor and writer (1939-1981) · Brazil · On the map · Directors · Died at 42
Glauber de Andrade Rocha was a Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most influential filmmaker of Brazilian cinema and a key figure of Cinema Novo.
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Jorge Amado no CinemaFilm, Director1978
Ciné regardsSeries1975
ClaroFilm, Director, Writer1972
CâncerFilm, Director, Writer1970
Cutting HeadsFilm, Director, Writer1969Cannes Best Director AwardAward1967
Entranced EarthFilm, Director, Writer1965
Simon of the DesertFilm, Man in nightclub (uncredited)1962
The Turning WindFilm, Director, Writer1959
O PátioFilm, Director, Writer1939Born14 March 1939People around Glauber
Antônio Pitanga Glauber directed Barravento (1962)
Hugo Carvana Glauber directed The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
Luiz Carlos Barreto Produced Maranhão 66 (1966)
Geraldo Del Rey Glauber directed Black God, White Devil (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard Directed Wind from the East (1969)
Emma Cohen Glauber directed Cabezas cortadas (1970)
Othon Bastos Glauber directed Black God, White Devil (1964)Walter Lima, Jr. Also in Black God, White Devil (1964)
Marta May Glauber directed Cabezas cortadas (1970)Danuza Leão Glauber directed Entranced Earth (1967)
Joffre Soares Also in Entranced Earth and Antonio das MortesLuis Buñuel Directed Simon of the Desert (1965)
Terence Hill Produced Org (1979)
Jean-Pierre Léaud Glauber directed The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
Francisco Rabal Glauber directed Cabezas cortadas (1970)
Juliet Berto Glauber directed Claro (1975)
Pierre Clémenti Glauber directed Cabezas cortadas (1970)
Louis Waldon Glauber directed Claro (1975)José Lewgoy Glauber directed Entranced Earth (1967)
Reinhard Kolldehoff Glauber directed The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
Leon Hirszman Directed The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Pascal Nzonzi Glauber directed The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
Víctor Israel Glauber directed Cabezas cortadas (1970)
Odete Lara Also in Antonio das Mortes and Câncer
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Simon of the Desert 1965
Entranced Earth 1967
Black God, White Devil 1964
Antonio das Mortes 1969
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Filmography 40
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Television 1
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His films Black God, White Devil and Entranced Earth are often considered to be two of the greatest achievements in Brazilian cinematic history, being selected by Abraccine as, respectively, the second and fifth best Brazilian films of all time. Rocha also the distinction of having the most films on Abraccine's list: 5 films.
