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Ruy Guerra
Director

Ruy Guerra

22 Aug 1931Born
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Maputo, MoçambiqueBirthplace

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

  1. TBAMuedaFilm: Director
  2. 2026Time, KnifedFilm: Writer
  3. 2026A FúriaFilm: Director, Writer
  4. 2025In PiecesFilm: Director, Screenplay
  5. 2024Asa RealFilm
  6. 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!Film
  7. 2018Oblivious MemoryFilm: Voz do sapo, Director
  8. 2014Blue BloodFilm: Mumbebo
  9. 20105x Favela, Now by OurselvesFilm
  10. 2006In Evil HourFilm: Director, Writer
  11. 2006BreathlessFilm
  12. 2005The House of SandFilm: Vasco de Sá
  13. 2004Portugal S.A.Film: Director
  14. 2001A Linguagem do CinemaFilm
  15. 2000TurbulenceFilm: Writer, Director
  16. 2000MonsantoFilm: Director
  17. 1999Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na MãoFilm: Álvaro
  18. 1994I Sell My DreamsSeries: Director, Writer (6 episodes)
  19. 1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-FancierFilm: Director, Writer
  20. 1989KuarupFilm: Director, Writer
  21. 1986MalandroFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 1985NifrapoFilm
  23. 1984Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonizaçãoFilm: Director
  24. 1983ErendiraFilm: Director
  25. 1982Mueda, Memory and MassacreFilm: Director
  26. 1981La Lettre VolèeFilm: Director
  27. 1977Branded For LifeFilm
  28. 1976The FallFilm: Writer, Director
  29. 1972Aguirre, the Wrath of GodFilm: Don Pedro de Ursúa
  30. 1972The Suns of Easter IslandFilm
  31. 1971Brazil in CannesFilm
  32. 1971Le Maître du tempsFilm
  33. 1971Benito CerenoFilm
  34. 1970Of Gods and the UndeadFilm: Director, Screenplay
  35. 1970Sweet HuntersFilm: Director, Writer
  36. 1964The GunsFilm: Screenplay, Director
  37. 1963The BeggarsFilm
  38. 1962The Unscrupulous OnesFilm: Director, Writer
  39. 1957S.O.S. NoronhaFilm: Miguel
  40. 1954Quand Le Soleil DortFilm: Director

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