Film Director

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Brazilian film director

1928 - 2018

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His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Pereira dos Santos is the 882nd most popular film director (up from 922nd in 2024), the 454th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 474th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

Nelson Pereira dos Santos directed Rio 40 Graus (1955), Vidas Secas (Barren Lives, 1963), and the black comedy How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971), his most well-known film outside Brazil. He served on the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963 and the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981, and his 2006 film Brasília 18% examined political corruption, witness murders, and money laundering. Rio 40 Graus influenced several other directors and spurred the Cinema Novo movement.

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Nelson Pereira dos Santos's biography spans 20 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 57.52.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 882 out of 2,296. Before him are Ralph Nelson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ari Folman, Bruno Dumont, Esfir Shub, and Jean Grémillon. After him are Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, Shinobu Hashimoto, Jean Rollin, and Helma Sanders-Brahms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 354. Before him are Mário Pinto de Andrade, Dušan Džamonja, Leonid Bronevoy, Eydie Gormé, Luis Posada Carriles, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. After him are Ruth Westheimer, Karel Mejta Sr, John Ostrom, Eno Raud, Mary Daly, and Rance Howard. Among people deceased in 2018, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 271. Before him are Alfredo del Águila, Robert Wolders, Phan Văn Khải, Dave Holland, Luis Posada Carriles, and Sabahudin Kurt. After him are Jean Porter, Sergio Gonella, Jerry Van Dyke, Shinobu Hashimoto, Robert Spaemann, and Barkat Gourad Hamadou.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 454 out of 2,779. Before him are George Yonashiro (1950), Eugênio Sales (1920), Fred (1983), Francisco Mignone (1897), Baltazar (1926), and Kevin Kurányi (1982). After him are Filipe Luís (1985), Ricardo Gomes (1964), Júlio Prestes (1882), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), and Luiz Bueno (1937).

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Among Film Directors In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 5. Before him are Walter Salles (1956), Fernando Meirelles (1955), Glauber Rocha (1939), and Alberto Cavalcanti (1897). After him are Bruno Barreto (1955), José Padilha (1967), Carlos Saldanha (1965), Kleber Mendonça Filho (1968), and Karim Aïnouz (1966).

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