Jorge Amado
Writing
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Acting Credits
Biography
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differen...
Known For
Filmography
3 Obás de Xangô
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018
as Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998
as Self
Jorge Amado
1996
as Self
Tieta of Agreste
1996
as Ele Mesmo
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996
as Self
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995
as Self
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995
as Self
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
Zona+
1994
as Próprio
Looking Back at You
1993
as Self
Jorge Amado
1989
as Ele mesmo
O Homem de Areia
1982
as Ele mesmo
Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
1981
Jorge Amado no Cinema
1979
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Bahia de Todos os Santos
1974
as Self
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho
1974
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self - Main Guest
Bahia, For Example
1969
as Self