
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.

Critic
MOVIE • 2008

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
MOVIE • 1998

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
MOVIE • 2008

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
MOVIE • 2017

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
MOVIE • 2020

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
MOVIE • 1967

Nelson Filma
MOVIE • 1971

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
MOVIE • 2023

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
MOVIE • 2007

A Paz é Dourada
MOVIE • 2008

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
MOVIE • 2003

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
MOVIE • 2019

Brazil in Cannes
MOVIE • 1971

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
MOVIE • 2011

Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
MOVIE • 2007

At the Edge of the Earth
MOVIE • 2002

Dib
MOVIE • 1997

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
MOVIE • 2021