Ruy Guerra
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Years active | 1954–present |
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Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony.
Biography
Guerra studied at
In 1964, Guerra directed
After that he directed the international production
In 1980 he returned to Mozambique where he shot Mueda, Memória e Massacre, that country's first feature film. While in Mozambique, Guerra shot many short films and helped the creation of the National Institute for Cinema.
In 1982 Guerra shot
Guerra has appeared in many films as an actor; he is perhaps best known to international audiences for his performance as the doomed Pedro de Ursúa in Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).
Personal life
In 1971, Guerra married Brazilian actress
Filmography
† | Indicates a work made for TV | ‡ | Indicates a short film |
Year | Original title | English release title | Language(s) | Notes |
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1954 | Quand Le Soleil Dort ‡ | French | French production. | |
1962 | Os Cafajestes | The Unscrupulous Ones / The Miscreants / The Hustlers | Portuguese | Guerra's first Brazilian production. |
1964 | Os Fuzis | The Guns | Portuguese | Brazilian-Argentinian co-production. |
1969 | Ternos Caçadores | Sweet Hunters / Jailbird | Portuguese, English | Brazilian-French-Panamanian co-production. |
1970 | Os Deuses e os Mortos | Of Gods and the Undead / Gods and the Dead | Portuguese | |
1978 | A Queda | The Fall | Portuguese | Co-directed with Nelson Xavier. |
1979 | Mueda, Memória e Massacre | Mueda, Memory and Massacre | Portuguese | Mozambican production. |
1981 | Histoires extraordinaires ‡ | French | French TV series. Director of La lettre volée episode. | |
1981 | A Carta Roubada ‡ | Portuguese | Portuguese production. | |
1983 | Eréndira | Eréndira | Portuguese, Spanish | West German-French-Mexican co-production. |
1986 | Ópera do Malandro | Malandro | Portuguese | Brazilian-French co-production. |
1987 | Fábula de la Bella Palomera / A Bela Palomera | Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Portuguese | Brazilian-Spanish co-production. |
1989 | Kuarup | Kuarup | Portuguese | |
1992 | Me Alquilo Para Soñar | Spanish | Cuban-Spanish co-production. TV miniseries, 6 episodes. | |
2000 | Monsanto | Monsanto | Portuguese | Portuguese production. TV movie. |
2000 | Estorvo | Turbulence | Portuguese | Brazilian-Cuban-Portuguese co-production. |
2004 | Portugal S.A. | Portugal S.A. | Portuguese | Portuguese production. |
2006 | O Veneno da Madrugada | In Evil Hour | Portuguese, Spanish | Brazilian-Argentinian-Portuguese co-production. |
2018 | Quase Memória | Oblivious Memory | Portuguese |
See also
- S.O.S. Noronha (1957)
References
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Os Cafajestes". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ "Berlinale 1964: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Turbulence". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "26th Moscow International Film Festival (2004)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
External links
- Ruy Guerra at IMDb