Geraldo Sarno

Biography

Geraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director. Born in Poções, after studying law at the Universidad del Salvador Sarno moved to São Paulo where he became an assistant of Thomaz Farkas. He made his directorial debut in 1965 with the Farkas-produced Viramundo, about the internal migration in north-east Brazil, which was one of the major themes in his documentary career. Among Sarno's best known works was the critically acclaimed film Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1978), a mix between documentary and fiction which has been described as "the last really significant title of the Cinema Novo movement". In 2008, he won the award for best direction at the Brasília Film Festival for the film Tudo Isto Me Parece Um Sonho, while in 2010 his film O Último Romance de Balzac was awarded the Special Jury Award at the Gramado Film Festival.

Directed

1. Sertânia (2020) — Director
2. Viramundo (1965) — Director
3. Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1979) — Director
4. O Picapau Amarelo (1973) — Director
5. Ana Carolina no País do Cinema (2001) — Director
6. Espaço Sagrado (1975) — Director
7. Segunda-Feira (1975) — Director
8. A Terra Queima (1984) — Director
9. True Brazil (1968) — Director
10. 50 minutos e 23 segundos com Júlio Bressane (2000) — Director
11. Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim (1980) — Director
12. Viva Cariri (1970) — Director
13. Casa Grande e Senzala (1974) — Director
14. Padre Cícero (1971) — Director
15. A Linguagem do Cinema (2001) — Director
16. Iaô: A iniciação num terreiro Gege Nagô (1976) — Director
17. Deus é um Fogo (1987) — Director
18. A Linguagem do Cinema II (2016) — Director
19. Balzac's Last Novel (2011) — Director
20. Auto de Vitória (1966) — Director
21. Jornal do Sertão (1970) — Director
22. Vitalino/Lampião (1969) — Director
23. A Cantoria (1970) — Director
24. Dramática Popular (1969) — Director
25. Os Imaginários (1970) — Director
26. Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho (2008) — Director
27. O côco do Macalé (1982) — Director
28. Plantar nas Estrelas (1978) — Director
29. Semana de Arte Moderna (1972) — Director
30. Casa de Farinha (1970) — Director
31. O Engenho (1970) — Director
32. Monteiro Lobato (1971) — Director
33. Mídia, mentiras e democracia: zona de fronteira (1992) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2. Depois do Transe (2006) — Self
3. Eu Carrego um Cinema Dentro de Mim (2008) — himself
4. Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho (2008) — Himself
5. Dois Sertões (2023) — Self
6. Reviramundo (2014) — Self
7. Milagrez (2008) — Self