FILM DIRECTOR

Ruy Guerra

1931 - Today

Photo of Ruy Guerra

Icon of person Ruy Guerra

Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy Guerra has received more than 75,004 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ruy Guerra is the 679th most popular film director (up from 796th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ruy Guerras by language

Over the past year Ruy Guerra has had the most page views in the with 30,569 views, followed by English (9,941), and Spanish (3,172). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (100.47%), Finnish (77.55%), and Egyptian Arabic (63.19%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ruy Guerra ranks 679 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrew Niccol, James Gunn, W. S. Van Dyke, Burt Kennedy, Vilgot Sjöman, and Majid Majidi. After him are Billy Hayes, Terence Davies, Paul Mazursky, Aaron Russo, Alejandro Amenábar, and Gérard Krawczyk.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ruy Guerra ranks 249. Before him are Dino da Costa, Moira Orfei, Nílton de Sordi, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Lê Khả Phiêu, and Jean Béliveau. After him are Bernard Francis Law, Bruno Mattei, David Eddings, Hana Brady, Tosiwo Nakayama, and Zaur Kaloev.

Others Born in 1931

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Ruy Guerra ranks 13 out of 38. Before him are Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Filipe Nyusi (1959), Afric Simone (1956), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), and Eduardo Mondlane (1920). After him are Júlio Duarte Langa (1927), Paulo Fonseca (1973), Mia Couto (1955), Mariza (1973), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924).

Others born in Mozambique

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mozambique

Among film directors born in Mozambique, Ruy Guerra ranks 1. 

Mozambican born Film Directors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Filmography

The Guns
Director
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
Jun 1o 19647.3 / 10
The Unscrupulous Ones
Director
Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.
Mar 24o 19626.3 / 10
Erendira
Director
While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostitution. Erendira's surreal mystical experiences continue while her grandmother grows rich from exploiting her.
Jun 1o 19836.1 / 10