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Ruy Guerra
Directing
Born: August 22, 1931
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
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
The House of Sand
as Vasco de Sá
Blue Blood
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
About Cinema
as Self
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Dib
as Self
