Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas, based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Rio, 40º Graus, and his most well-known film outside of Brazil is the black comedy How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971).
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Filmography 40
Barren Lives
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, Northern Zone
Cinema Novo
Memories of Prison
Critic
The Amulet of Ogum
El Justicero
Brasília 18%
Garden of War
The Alienist
Hunger for Love
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Tent of Miracles
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Who Is Beta?
At the Edge of the Earth
The Music According to Tom Jobim
A Public Opinion
Jubiabá
Cinema of Tears
A Missa do GaloMeu Compadre, Zé Ketti
The Third Bank of the River
How to Die in Cinema
Golden Mouth
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Red Mandacaru
O Grande Momento
Raízes do Brasil
As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro
The Highway of Life
A Luz do Tom
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Sonhei com Você
Nelson Pereira dos Santos - A Life of Cinema
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Insônia115 credits on file
Awards 3
Connected to Nelson 6
About this person
Country
BrazilCategory
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2018 · aged 89
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