Ruy Guerra
Born
22 August 1931 (94)
Place of Birth
Maputo, Moçambique
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).
Filmography (40)
A Fúria
2026
🎬 Director
In Pieces
2025
Asa Real
2024
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
Tempo Ruy
2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
Oblivious Memory
2018
Saudade
2017
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017
Cinema Novo
2016
Gabo & Cinema
2016
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015
About Cinema
2015
Blue Blood
2014
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
In Evil Hour
2006
Breathless
2006
The House of Sand
2005
Portugal S.A.
2004
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
Turbulence
2000
Monsanto
2000
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999
Dib
1997
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990
Kuarup
1989
Malandro
1986
Nifrapo
1985
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
1984
🎬 Director
Erendira
1983
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982
La Lettre Volèe
1981
🎬 Director
Branded For Life
1977
The Fall
1976
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Le Maître du temps
1971