
Ferreira Gullar
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Ferreira Gullar, pseudonym of José Ribamar Ferreira (São Luís, September 10, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, December 4, 2016), was a Brazilian writer, poet, art critic, biographer, translator, memoirist and essayist and one of the founders of neoconcretism. He was the candidate for chair 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in the vacancy left by Ivan Junqueira, of which he took office on December 5, 2014.
Known For
Filmography

O Peso do Céu Vazio
2026

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
2024
as Self

They Shot the Piano Player
2023
as Self (voice)

O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
2022
as Self

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
2019
as Self

Gabeira
2017
as Self

Estrada de Sonhos
2015
as himself

O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014

Plano B
2014
Bonfanti
2013

Dossiê Jango
2013
as Self

Darcy, um Brasileiro
2013
as Self

Poema Sujo
2010
as Self
Formas do Afeto
2010
as Himself

The Inventor of Dreams
2010

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
2010
as Self

Utopia and Barbarism
2009

A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta
2009
Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão
2009
as Self

A Paixão Segundo Callado
2008
as Self

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007
as Self

Vinicius de Moraes
2005
as Self

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
2005
as Self

A Degola Fatal
2005
as Self (archive footage)

1964: 40 Years After
2004

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self (voice)

Poeta de Sete Faces
2002
as Self

Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil
2000

Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
1997
as Narrator (voice)

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
1997
as Himself

The Memory Thread
1991
as Narrator

ABC of a Strike
1990
as Narrator

Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
1987
as Narrador

Images of the Unconscious
1987
as Narrator (voice)

Vianinha
1987

Twenty Years Later
1984
as Narrator

Memórias da Vida e do Trabalho
1984
as Narrador

Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
1983
as Self
Iya-Mi-Agbá
1981
as Narrator

HO
1979
as Self

Plantar nas Estrelas
1978
as narrador

O Aleijadinho
1978
as Narrator
Waldemar Henrique canta Belém
1978
as Narrador

Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
1976
as Narrator (voice)

Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
1976
as Narrator (voice)

Câncer
1972
as Self

The Language of Persuasion
1970
as Narrador

The Heirs
1970
as Davi Martins

O Guesa
1969
as Narrador

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
1968
as Narrator (voice)

Desesperato
1968

On Borrowed Time
1968
as Chefe da redação

Lima Barreto: Trajetória
1966
as Narrador

Absolute Majority
1964
as Narrator (voice)