Ruy Guerra

Ruy Guerra

Born 1931-08-22 (age 94) Maputo, Moçambique
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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

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972

as Don Pedro de Ursúa

About Cinema
About Cinema

2015

as Self

Brazil in Cannes
Saudade
Saudade

2017

as Self

S.O.S. Noronha
S.O.S. Noronha

1957

as Miguel

Gabo & Cinema
Gabo & Cinema

2016

as Self

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Benito Cereno
The Beggars
Blue Blood
Blue Blood

2014

as Mumbebo

The House of Sand
The House of Sand

2005

as Vasco de Sá

Oblivious Memory
Oblivious Memory

2018

as Voz do sapo

Chico: Brazilian Artist
Dib
Dib

1997

as Self

Cinema Novo
Cinema Novo

2016

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Tempo Ruy
Tempo Ruy

2021

as Self