Actor

Ruy Guerra

1957–presentb. 1931DocumentaryDramaAdventureSci-Fi

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 20 films ↗Also wrote 13 screenplays ↗

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Known For

29 acting credits

as Don Pedro de Ursúa

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Don Pedro de Ursúa

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Filmography

2024Asa Real10.0 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!8.0 2022Quando a Coisa Vira OutraSelf (archive footage)2021Tempo RuySelf 2021Já que Ninguém me Tira Para DançarSelf 2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalSelf5.0 2018Oblivious MemoryVoz do sapo

About

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).

As Director

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1984Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização 1954Quand Le Soleil Dort 2004Portugal S.A.1962The Unscrupulous Ones 1983Erendira 1986Malandro

As Screenwriter

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2000Turbulence 1986Malandro 1964The Guns 1976The Fall 1970Of Gods and the Undead 1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

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