Ruy Guerra

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
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Tempo Ruy
Tempo Ruy
The House of Sand
The House of Sand
Gabo & Cinema
Gabo & Cinema
Brazil in Cannes
Brazil in Cannes
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Le Maître du temps
Le Maître du temps
About Cinema
About Cinema
Blue Blood
Blue Blood

Filmography

2024 Asa Real
as
2023 Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
as
2022 Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
2021 Tempo Ruy
as Self
2020 Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
2017 Saudade
as Self
2017 The Man Who Killed John Wayne
as Self
2016 Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016 Gabo & Cinema
as Self
2015 Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
2015 About Cinema
as Self
2014 Blue Blood
as
2010 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
as
2006 Breathless
as
2005 The House of Sand
as Vasco de Sá
2001 A Linguagem do Cinema
as
1997 Dib
as Self
1977 Branded For Life
as
1972 Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Pedro de Ursúa