Ruy Guerra
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
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Filmography
Acting (29)
Movies (29)
Asa Real
2024
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022as Self (archive footage)
Tempo Ruy
2021as Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020as Self
Oblivious Memory
2018as Voz do sapo
Saudade
2017as Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017as Self
Gabo & Cinema
2016as Self
Cinema Novo
2016as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015as Self
About Cinema
2015as Self
Blue Blood
2014
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Breathless
2006
The House of Sand
2005as Vasco de Sá
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999
Dib
1997as Self
Nifrapo
1985
Branded For Life
1977
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972as Don Pedro de Ursúa
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
Le Maître du temps
1971
Benito Cereno
1971
Brazil in Cannes
1971
The Beggars
1963
S.O.S. Noronha
1957as Miguel
Crew (49)
Movies (47)
A Fúria
2026Director
In Pieces
2025Director
In Pieces
2025Screenplay
Oblivious Memory
2018Director
The Mirror
2015Consulting Editor
In Evil Hour
2006Director
In Evil Hour
2006Writer
Portugal S.A.
2004Director
Turbulence
2000Director
Turbulence
2000Writer
Monsanto
2000Director
The Jew
1996Editor
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990Director
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990Writer
Kuarup
1989Director
Kuarup
1989Producer
Kuarup
1989Writer
Malandro
1986Director
Malandro
1986Producer
Malandro
1986Writer
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
1984Director
Erendira
1983Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982Director of Photography
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982Editor
La Lettre Volèe
1981Director
Branded For Life
1977Editor
The Fall
1976Director
The Fall
1976Editor
The Fall
1976Music
The Fall
1976Writer
Of Gods and the Undead
1970Director
Of Gods and the Undead
1970Editor
Of Gods and the Undead
1970Screenplay
Sweet Hunters
1970Director
Sweet Hunters
1970Writer
Esse Mundo é Meu
1964Editor
The Guns
1964Director
The Guns
1964Editor
The Guns
1964Screenplay
O Santo Módico
1964Assistant Director
The Beggars
1963Editor
The Unscrupulous Ones
1962Director
The Unscrupulous Ones
1962Writer
Five Times Favela
1962Editor
Le Tout pour le tout
1962Assistant Director
Quand Le Soleil Dort
1954Director
Television (2)
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