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Ruy Guerra

Directing Born Aug 22, 1931 Maputo, Moçambique 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Film

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Don Pedro de Ursúa

Full filmography

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