Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 22, 1931
Place of Birth
Maputo, Moçambique
Credits
56 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
A Fúria
Director
In Pieces
Director
Asa Real
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
Tempo Ruy
Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
Oblivious Memory
Voz do sapo
Saudade
Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Gabo & Cinema
Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Self
About Cinema
Self
The Mirror
Consulting Editor
Blue Blood
Mumbebo
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
In Evil Hour
Director
Breathless
The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá
Portugal S.A.
Director
A Linguagem do Cinema
Turbulence
Writer
Monsanto
Director
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
Dib
Self
The Jew
Editor
I Sell My Dreams
Director
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Writer
Kuarup
Director
Malandro
Producer
Nifrapo
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
Director
Erendira
Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director
La Lettre Volèe
Director
Branded For Life
The Fall
Writer
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa
The Suns of Easter Island
Brazil in Cannes
Le Maître du temps
Benito Cereno
Of Gods and the Undead
Screenplay
Sweet Hunters
Director
The Guns
Director
Esse Mundo é Meu
Editor
O Santo Módico
Assistant Director
The Beggars