Film Director

Glauber Rocha

Brazilian film director, actor and writer

1939 - 1981

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His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Glauber Rocha is the 514th most popular film director (down from 459th in 2024), the 233rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 195th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Film Director.

Glauber Rocha is famous for his film trilogy of Black God, White Devil, Entranced Earth and Antonio das Mortes. He directed his first short film Pátio in 1959 after attending Law School for about two years. Black God, White Devil and Entranced Earth were selected by Abraccine as the second and fifth best Brazilian films of all time, with Rocha having five films on the list.

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Glauber Rocha ranks #233 among 2,779 people in Pantheon born in Brazil, inside the top 9% of that group.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Glauber Rocha ranks 514 out of 2,296. Before him are J. J. Abrams, Vicente Aranda, Clarence Brown, Richard Thorpe, Renny Harlin, and Werner Schroeter. After him are Ján Kadár, Mike Leigh, Don Bluth, Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, and Mika Kaurismäki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Glauber Rocha ranks 190. Before him are Wendy Carlos, Giulio Angioni, Brenda Vaccaro, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Vladimir Durković, and Takako Shimazu. After him are Yves Meyer, Carlos do Carmo, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Ariane Mnouchkine, Irenaios, and Dezső Novák. Among people deceased in 1981, Glauber Rocha ranks 96. Before him are Mohammad Beheshti, Mariama Bâ, Edith Head, Helmut Gröttrup, Eraldo Monzeglio, and Walter Heitler. After him are Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Michele Andreolo, Alexander Kotov, and Sven Andersson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Glauber Rocha ranks 233 out of 2,779. Before him are Nilo Peçanha (1867), Vinícius Júnior (2000), Alexandre Pato (1989), Manga (1937), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), and Domingos da Guia (1912). After him are Preguinho (1905), Véra Clouzot (1913), Jorge Ben (1942), Carlos Chagas (1879), Carlos Marighella (1911), and Bigode (1922).

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Among Film Directors In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Glauber Rocha ranks 3. Before him are Walter Salles (1956), and Fernando Meirelles (1955). After him are Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), Bruno Barreto (1955), José Padilha (1967), Carlos Saldanha (1965), Kleber Mendonça Filho (1968), and Karim Aïnouz (1966).

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