FILM DIRECTOR

Glauber Rocha

1939 - 1981

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Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡlawbeʁ dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadʒi ˈʁɔʃɐ]; 14 March 1939 – 22 August 1981) was a Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most influential moviemakers of Brazilian cinema and a key figure of Cinema Novo. His films Black God, White Devil and Entranced Earth are often considered to be two of the greatest achievements in Brazilian cinematic history, being selected by Abraccine as, respectively, the second and fifth best Brazilian films of all-time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glauber Rocha has received more than 198,363 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Glauber Rocha is the 458th most popular film director (up from 507th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Brazil and the most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Glauber Rocha ranks 458 out of 2,041. Before him are Yves Allégret, Gérard Oury, Maya Deren, Umberto Lenzi, Jacques Deray, and Delbert Mann. After him are Lung Chien, John Lasseter, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Nadine Trintignant, and Tom Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Glauber Rocha ranks 164. Before him are Elvīra Ozoliņa, Frank Vincent, Donald Adamson, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Karen Black, and Takako Shimazu. After him are Alberto Festa, Wendy Carlos, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Yoshinobu Ishii, Susan Flannery, and John Badham. Among people deceased in 1981, Glauber Rocha ranks 76. Before him are Nelson Algren, Kirill Kondrashin, Franjo Šeper, Marcel Bezençon, Yakov Pavlov, and Nisargadatta Maharaj. After him are Alexander Kotov, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Savitri, Harry Harlow, Helmut Gröttrup, and Nargis.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Glauber Rocha ranks 195 out of 2,236. Before him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), Alexandre Pato (1989), Mazinho (1966), Wallace Oliveira (1994), Mário Jardel (1973), and Djalminha (1970). After him are Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Hermeto Pascoal (1936), Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943), Candido Portinari (1903), Raoni Metuktire (1940), and Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Glauber Rocha ranks 1. After him are Fernando Meirelles (1955), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Walter Salles (1956), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), José Padilha (1967), Bruno Barreto (1955), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).

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Filmography

Black God, White Devil
Director
Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures.
Mar 13th 19647.1 / 10
Entranced Earth
Director
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
May 2nd 19677.3 / 10
Antonio das Mortes
Director
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
Jun 14th 19696.839 / 10