Ruy Guerra
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).
Known for
DirectingBirthday
August 22, 1931Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
52Place of birth
Maputo, Moçambique![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2LquH5BGqnkge6axUGK1IRKEpfF.jpg)
Cast credits
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hdwgw62tfN7lrWRcHoXx38eviKC.jpg)
The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bdIUKj7j9Dnjf9WDCj2AUpLBeww.jpg)
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
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Blue Blood
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Le Maître du temps
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eIDwcA0x1i9j2mYv8Aftx0b3BBe.jpg)
About Cinema
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cNySjJRiKZcPjFnvNDiQGVBYtBe.jpg)
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tQN3nEnjuFArfwrYA6xAeXOa0j0.jpg)
Os Mendigos
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Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rDo1ESiEa9gH8N31MeMX1Im2WXt.jpg)
The Suns of Easter Island
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Dib
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nvFrqfbc9kEzb4poxoHYCbSdR5Y.jpg)
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4K8luYGh5O0FaQ8rVkvlCKJuMT5.jpg)
S.O.S. Noronha
Miguel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7SYggVrL55Hs1gjWawfePND7Q7t.jpg)
A Linguagem do Cinema
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Branded For Life
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hPBaTpWrTCCTpo4uHYiw6i5I0QX.jpg)
Breathless
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7NF9sFHqHVdv9xbDNvK9iLut2WC.jpg)
Saudade
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jCxtzX887B5PaCE7nzqUMJwZSqq.jpg)
Tempo Ruy
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mnPVZLpn66zweLqprQXYRq8kD6L.jpg)
Brazil in Cannes
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Gabo & Cinema
SelfCrew credits
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Portugal S.A.
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yPNMcoAIYwW2QxmhJ3RHwwSNLKq.jpg)
The Unscrupulous Ones
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/501Vhh6FGvfY7vmFyNu3PTEwrjq.jpg)
Malandro
Director, Writer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cel0jAK893bLAaXv4BNwiPOGFb0.jpg)
Erendira
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oMtzkVvhQenUr0JBg8oLNnDg7Kg.jpg)
Of Gods and the Undead
Director, Screenplay, Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/AtxFNjb7XV56xQkF7Isu4TvUBsV.jpg)
Turbulence
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1GqqlPjooMnK15Rp3f2XeX5MXAt.jpg)
The Guns
Director, Screenplay, Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pXHZPbuZfRS28eUc8XqSRtXCj0J.jpg)
The Fall
Director, Writer, Editor, Music![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xXPu8QxhDJM0fgo1tTgaqZupBzk.jpg)
Kuarup
Director, Writer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/a8HylDQ70aaG6xdOJpfdu3ApqL8.jpg)
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director, Director of Photography, Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/i6sBq7ljHwJOpOpMC3CF5XObsiC.jpg)
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/KGW3EzZxbPmIvgv1kHTgi5FKoe.jpg)
In Evil Hour
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cUe78tCYn26SJKvSSSopXMNz2XV.jpg)
Oblivious Memory
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nd2VbMjYCN1tylgukhtlyhjtQsu.jpg)
Sweet Hunters
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uNusV4wPclnLVuVKZ7Anj2iP9kQ.jpg)
Cinco Vezes Favela
Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tQN3nEnjuFArfwrYA6xAeXOa0j0.jpg)
Os Mendigos
Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rTVJbfU0LezPMnrU7Gnf5gpgXpf.jpg)
That World and Mine
Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s8vS5biPEkcwlqKSLNJfhkjqWwx.jpg)
The Jew
Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/76XuIBqeEFZSB06bWyTu57eyLAS.jpg)
Monsanto
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hYVBVUpyHxbTON0qLvZiCbAbce5.jpg)
Le tout pour le tout
Assistant Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5BXE99xBFYrPYjhxFj9sLaYcE9j.jpg)
O Santo Módico
Assistant Director