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Director
Ruy Guerra
- Born August 22, 1931 in Maputo, Moçambique
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
Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972
The House of Sand2005
The Guns1964
The Unscrupulous Ones1962
Erendira1983
Blue Blood2014
The Suns of Easter Island1972
Kuarup1989
Filmography
- TBAMuedaFilmDirector
- 2026A FúriaFilmDirector, Writer
- 2026Time, KnifedFilmWriter, Original Story
- 2025In PiecesFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2024Asa RealFilm
- 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!Film
- 2022Quando a Coisa Vira OutraFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Já que Ninguém me Tira Para DançarFilmSelf
- 2021Tempo RuyFilmSelf
- 2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalFilmSelf
- 2018Oblivious MemoryFilmVoz do sapo, Director
- 2017The Man Who Killed John WayneFilmSelf
- 2017SaudadeFilmSelf
- 2016Cinema NovoFilmSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2016Gabo & CinemaFilmSelf
- 2016O País do CinemaSeriesSelf
- 2015Chico: Brazilian ArtistFilmSelf
- 2015The MirrorFilmConsulting Editor
- 2015About CinemaFilmSelf
- 2014Blue BloodFilmMumbebo
- 20105x Favela, Now by OurselvesFilm
- 2006In Evil HourFilmDirector, Writer
- 2006BreathlessFilm
- 2005The House of SandFilmVasco de Sá
- 2004Portugal S.A.FilmDirector
- 2001A Linguagem do CinemaFilm
- 2000TurbulenceFilmWriter, Director
- 2000MonsantoFilmDirector
- 1999Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na MãoFilmÁlvaro
- 1997DibFilmSelf
- 1996The JewFilmEditor
- 1994I Sell My DreamsSeriesDirector, Writer
- 1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-FancierFilmDirector, Writer
- 1989KuarupFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1986MalandroFilmProducer, Director, Writer
- 1985NifrapoFilm
- 1984Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonizaçãoFilmDirector
- 1983ErendiraFilmDirector
- 1981La Lettre VolèeFilmDirector
- 1980Mueda, Memory and MassacreFilmDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1977Branded For LifeFilmEditor
- 1976The FallFilmWriter, Director, Editor, Music
- 1972Aguirre, the Wrath of GodFilmDon Pedro de Ursúa
- 1972The Suns of Easter IslandFilm
- 1971Le Maître du tempsFilm
- 1971Benito CerenoFilm
- 1971Brazil in CannesFilm
- 1970Of Gods and the UndeadFilmEditor, Director, Screenplay
- 1970Sweet HuntersFilmDirector, Writer
- 1964The GunsFilmScreenplay, Director, Editor
- 1964Esse Mundo é MeuFilmEditor
- 1964O Santo MódicoFilmAssistant Director
- 1963The BeggarsFilmEditor
- 1962The Unscrupulous OnesFilmDirector, Writer
- 1962Five Times FavelaFilmEditor
- 1962Le Tout pour le toutFilmAssistant Director
- 1957S.O.S. NoronhaFilmMiguel
- 1954Quand Le Soleil DortFilmDirector