Ruy Guerra

Directing·Aug 22, 1931·Maputo, Moçambique

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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).

Film	Credit
A Fúria2026 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In Pieces2025 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Asa Real2024 · Actor	Actor
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!2023 · Actor	Actor
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra2022 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar2021 · Self	Self
Tempo Ruy2021 · Self	Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020 · Self	Self
Oblivious Memory2018 · Voz do sapo, Director	Voz do sapo, Director
Saudade2017 · Self	Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne2017 · Self	Self
Cinema Novo2016 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Gabo & Cinema2016 · Self	Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist2015 · Self	Self
About Cinema2015 · Self	Self
Blue Blood2014 · Mumbebo	Mumbebo
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves2010 · Actor	Actor
In Evil Hour2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Breathless2006 · Actor	Actor
The House of Sand2005 · Vasco de Sá	Vasco de Sá
Portugal S.A.2004 · Director	Director
A Linguagem do Cinema2001 · Actor	Actor
Turbulence2000 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Monsanto2000 · Director	Director
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão1999 · Actor	Actor
Dib1997 · Self	Self
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Kuarup1989 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Malandro1986 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
NNifrapo1985 · Actor	Actor
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização1984 · Director	Director
Erendira1983 · Director	Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre1982 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
LLa Lettre Volèe1981 · Director	Director
Branded For Life1977 · Actor	Actor
The Fall1976 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972 · Don Pedro de Ursúa	Don Pedro de Ursúa
The Suns of Easter Island1972 · Actor	Actor
Brazil in Cannes1971 · Actor	Actor
Le Maître du temps1971 · Actor	Actor
Benito Cereno1971 · Actor	Actor
Of Gods and the Undead1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sweet Hunters1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Guns1964 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Beggars1963 · Actor	Actor
The Unscrupulous Ones1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
S.O.S. Noronha1957 · Miguel	Miguel
QQuand Le Soleil Dort1954 · Director	Director