Biography
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).
Directed
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The Guns (1964) — Director
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The Unscrupulous Ones (1962) — Director
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Erendira (1983) — Director
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Kuarup (1989) — Director
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Malandro (1986) — Director
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Of Gods and the Undead (1970) — Director
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Oblivious Memory (2018) — Director
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The Fall (1976) — Director
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Sweet Hunters (1970) — Director
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Turbulence (2000) — Director
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Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier (1990) — Director
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In Evil Hour (2006) — Director
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Portugal S.A. (2004) — Director
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Mueda, Memory and Massacre (1982) — Director
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Monsanto (2000) — Director
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In Pieces (2025) — Director
- Quand Le Soleil Dort (1954) — Director
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I Sell My Dreams (1994) — Director
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Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização (1984) — Director
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A Fúria (2026) — Director
- La Lettre Volèe (1981) — Director
Also appeared in
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — Don Pedro de Ursúa
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The House of Sand (2005) — Vasco de Sá
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Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Chico: Brazilian Artist (2015) — Self
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The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
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Blue Blood (2014) — Mumbebo
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5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
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Oblivious Memory (2018) — Voz do sapo
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About Cinema (2015) — Self
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Le Maître du temps (1971)
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021) — Self
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The Man Who Killed John Wayne (2017) — Self
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Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! (2023)
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Benito Cereno (1971)
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The Beggars (1963)
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Dib (1997) — Self
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S.O.S. Noronha (1957) — Miguel
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A Linguagem do Cinema (2001)
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Branded For Life (1977)
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
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Asa Real (2024)
- Nifrapo (1985)
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Tempo Ruy (2021) — Self
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Gabo & Cinema (2016) — Self
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Brazil in Cannes (1971)
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão (1999)
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Breathless (2006)
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Saudade (2017) — Self