Ruy Guerra
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1931-08-22
Place of birth: Maputo, Moçambique
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
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972Don Pedro de Ursúa
Tempo Ruy
2021Self
The House of Sand
2005Vasco de Sá
Gabo & Cinema
2016Self
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Le Maître du temps
1971
About Cinema
2015Self
Blue Blood
2014Mumbebo
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022Self (archive footage)
Benito Cereno
1971
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015Self
The Beggars
1963
Cinema Novo
2016Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
1999
Dib
1997Self
The Suns of Easter Island
1972