Ruy Guerra
Known For
Directing
Born
1931-08-22 in 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).
Most Known For
Breathless
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
Oblivious Memory
as Voz do sapo
Saudade
as Self
Blue Blood
S.O.S. Noronha
as Miguel
The House of Sand
as Vasco de Sá
Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
as Self
The Suns of Easter Island
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
About Cinema
as Self
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Benito Cereno
Brazil in Cannes
Dib
as Self
Gabo & Cinema
as Self
