Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1998)

Nelson Pereira dos Santos (born October 22, 1928 in São Paulo , † April 21, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Dos Santos first studied law and worked as a lawyer. From 1949 he made documentaries and worked as an assistant director. His first feature film that he directed was Rio at 40 degrees in 1954 . The film, which is set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro , was, like other works by Pereira dos Santos, shaped by Italian neorealism . In the mid-1950s, Pereira dos Santos paved the way for Cinema Novo with his works, in which he also depicted Brazilian reality with the help of amateur actors .

From hunger for love in 1968, his films became increasingly fantastic and grotesque character. One of his best-known films is the black comedy My Little French Was Very Tasty , which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 1971 Berlin International Film Festival .

Pereira dos Santos was a member of the Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano .

In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Pereira dos Santos died in April 2018 at the age of 89 from complications from liver cancer.

Filmography

  • 1949: Juventude (documentary)
  • 1955: Rio at 40 degrees (Rio 40 gray)
  • 1957: Rio, northern zone (Rio, zona norte)
  • 1961: The red fig tree (Mandacaru vermelho)
  • 1963: Goldrachen (Boca de ouro)
  • 1963: Vidas secas - It's far after Eden (Vidas secas)
  • 1967: El justicero
  • 1968: Hunger for love (Fome de amor)
  • 1970: The madhouse (Azyllo muito louco)
  • 1971: My little French was very tasty (Como era gostoso o meu francês)
  • 1972: Who is Beta? (Quem é Beta?)
  • 1974: The amulet (O amuleto de Ogum)
  • 1977: Bazaar of Miracles (Tenda dos milagres)
  • 1980: Na estrada da vida
  • 1980: Insônia, part: Ladrão, o
  • 1982: A missa do galo
  • 1984: The ghost from Bahia (Memórias do Cárcere)
  • 1987: Jubiabá
  • 1994: The third bank of the river (A terceira margem do rio)
  • 1995: Latin America - Cinema of Tears (Cinema de Lágrimas)
  • 1998: Guerra e Liberdade - Castro Alves em São Paulo
  • 2000: Casa-Grande e Senzala (TV series)
  • 2003: Raízes do Brasil: Uma cinebiografia de Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda
  • 2006: Brasília 18%
  • 2009: Português, a Língua do Brasil (documentary)
  • 2012: A Música Segundo Tom Jobim (documentary)

Awards (selection)

Films by Pereira dos Santos competed at the Cannes International Film Festival on several occasions : In 1964 Vidas secas - After Eden it is far , 1970 The Madhouse and 1975 The Amulet .

Several of his films were also shown in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival : Hunger for Love 1968 , My Little French Was Very Tasty 1971 , Bazaar of Miracles 1977 and The Third Bank of the River 1994 .

The Bahian Ghost was awarded the Gran Coral at the 1984 International Festival of New Latin American Film .

In both 1986 and 1993 Pereira dos Santos was a member of the jury of the Venice International Film Festival .

In 2006 he was accepted as the first director in the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Cadeira 7).

literature

  • Nelson Pereira dos Santos . In: Dieter Krusche: Lexicon of the movies. From silent films to today . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1977, pp. 687-688.
  • Mariarosaria Fabris: Nelson Pereira dos Santos. edusp, São Paulo 1994, ISBN 85-314-0246-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nelson Pereira dos Santos, diretor de 'Vidas Secas', morre aos 89 anos. In: G1. April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Nelson Pereira dos Santos . In: Dieter Krusche: Lexicon of the movies. From silent films to today . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1977, p. 688.
  3. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
  4. ↑ Brazil's cult director Dos Santos has died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on April 22, 2018
  5. ↑ Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Academia Brasileira de Letras, accessed April 22, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Pereira dos Santos, Nelson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2018
Place of death Rio de Janeiro