Ruy Guerra
Directing
30
Acting Credits
21
Directed
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
Asa Real
2024
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Tempo Ruy
2021
as Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self
Oblivious Memory
2018
as Voz do sapo
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017
as Self
Saudade
2017
as Self
Gabo & Cinema
2016
as Self
Cinema Novo
2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
O País do Cinema
2016
as Self
About Cinema
2015
as Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015
as Self
Blue Blood
2014
as Mumbebo
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Breathless
2006
The House of Sand
2005
as Vasco de Sá
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999
Dib
1997
as Self
Nifrapo
1985
Branded For Life
1977
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Le Maître du temps
1971
Benito Cereno
1971
The Beggars
1963
S.O.S. Noronha
1957
as Miguel