Jorge Amado
Biography
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differen…
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Filmography
Acting (23)
Movies (20)
3 Obás de Xangô
2025as Self (archive footage)
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023as Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022as Self (archive footage)
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018as Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998as Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996as Self
Tieta of Agreste
1996as Ele Mesmo
Jorge Amado
1996as Self
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995as Self
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
Looking Back at You
1993as Self
Jorge Amado
1989as Ele mesmo
O Homem de Areia
1982as Ele mesmo
Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
1981
Jorge Amado no Cinema
1979
Bahia de Todos os Santos
1974as Self
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho
1974as Self
Bahia, For Example
1969as Self
Crew (38)
Movies (26)
Tieta do Agreste
2024Original Story
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
2017Novel
Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
2015Novel
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014Novel
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014Story
The Miracle of the Birds
2012Original Story
Captains of the Sands
2011Novel
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
2010Novel
Coralito y sus dos maridos
1999Story
Fallen Angels Paradise
1999Novel
Tieta of Agreste
1996Novel
O Capeta Carybé
1996Novel
O Compadre de Ogum
1994Novel
Jubiabá
1987Novel
Gabriela
1983Novel
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982Novel
Tent of Miracles
1977Novel
Bahia
1976Novel
Bahia
1976Writer
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976Novel
The Sandpit Generals
1972Novel
The Sandpit Generals
1972Story
Seara Vermelha
1964Novel
The Wind Rose
1957Screenplay
Vendaval Maravilhoso
1949Novel
Terra Violenta
1949Novel
Television (12)
Gabriela
2012Novel
Pastores da Noite
2002Story
Porto dos Milagres
2001Novel
Brava Gente
2000Novel
Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos
1998Writer
Tocaia Grande
1995Original Story
Tereza Batista
1992Novel
Tieta
1989Novel
Tenda dos Milagres
1985Novel
Boundless Lands
1981Original Story
Gabriela
1975Novel
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
1961Novel
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