Biografie und Filmografie

Ruy Guerra

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).

Fotos

Filme (56)

Time, Knifed

Time, Knifed

2026 · Writer, Original Story

A Fúria

A Fúria

2026 · Director, Writer

In Pieces

In Pieces

2025 · Director, Screenplay

Asa Real

Asa Real

2024

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

2023

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

2021 · Self

Tempo Ruy

Tempo Ruy

2021 · Self

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

2020 · Self

Oblivious Memory

Oblivious Memory

2018 · Voz do sapo, Director

Saudade

Saudade

2017 · Self

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

2017 · Self

Cinema Novo

Cinema Novo

2016 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Gabo & Cinema

Gabo & Cinema

2016 · Self

Chico: Brazilian Artist

Chico: Brazilian Artist

2015 · Self

About Cinema

About Cinema

2015 · Self

The Mirror

The Mirror

2015 · Consulting Editor

Blue Blood

Blue Blood

2014 · Mumbebo

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

2010

In Evil Hour

In Evil Hour

2006 · Director, Writer

Breathless

Breathless

2006

The House of Sand

The House of Sand

2005 · Vasco de Sá

Portugal S.A.

Portugal S.A.

2004 · Director

A Linguagem do Cinema

A Linguagem do Cinema

2001

Turbulence

Turbulence

2000 · Writer, Director

Monsanto

Monsanto

2000 · Director

Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão

Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão

1999 · Álvaro

Dib

Dib

1997 · Self

The Jew

The Jew

1996 · Editor

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

1990 · Writer, Director

Kuarup

Kuarup

1989 · Director, Writer, Producer

Malandro

Malandro

1986 · Producer, Writer, Director

Nifrapo

Nifrapo

1985

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

1984 · Director

Erendira

Erendira

1983 · Director

La Lettre Volèe

La Lettre Volèe

1981 · Director

Mueda, Memory and Massacre

Mueda, Memory and Massacre

1980 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Branded For Life

Branded For Life

1977 · Editor

The Fall

The Fall

1976 · Writer, Director, Music, Editor

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972 · Don Pedro de Ursúa

The Suns of Easter Island

The Suns of Easter Island

1972

Brazil in Cannes

Brazil in Cannes

1971

Le Maître du temps

Le Maître du temps

1971

Benito Cereno

Benito Cereno

1971

Of Gods and the Undead

Of Gods and the Undead

1970 · Screenplay, Editor, Director

Sweet Hunters

Sweet Hunters

1970 · Director, Writer

The Guns

The Guns

1964 · Director, Screenplay, Editor

Esse Mundo é Meu

Esse Mundo é Meu

1964 · Editor

O Santo Módico

O Santo Módico

1964 · Assistant Director

The Beggars

The Beggars

1963 · Editor

Five Times Favela

Five Times Favela

1962 · Editor

Le Tout pour le tout

Le Tout pour le tout

1962 · Assistant Director

The Unscrupulous Ones

The Unscrupulous Ones

1962 · Director, Writer

S.O.S. Noronha

S.O.S. Noronha

1957 · Miguel

Quand Le Soleil Dort

Quand Le Soleil Dort

1954 · Director

Mueda

Mueda

· Director

Serien (2)