Ruy Guerra
Born
August 22, 1931 (93 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Maputo, Moçambique
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

Asa Real
2024

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
2022

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
2021

Tempo Ruy
Self
2021

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
2020

Saudade
Self
2017

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self
2017

Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016

Gabo & Cinema
Self
2016

Chico: Brazilian Artist
Self
2015

About Cinema
Self
2015

Blue Blood
2014

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010

Breathless
2006

The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá
2005

A Linguagem do Cinema
2001

Dib
Self
1997

Branded For Life
1977

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa
1972

The Suns of Easter Island
1972

Brazil in Cannes
1971

Le Maître du temps
1971

Benito Cereno
1971

The Beggars
1963

Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão

S.O.S. Noronha
Miguel
1957