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Ruy Guerra

Ruy Guerra

Director · Born 1931-08-22 · Maputo, Moçambique

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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

  1. The Guns (1964) — Director
  2. The Unscrupulous Ones (1962) — Director
  3. Erendira (1983) — Director
  4. Kuarup (1989) — Director
  5. Malandro (1986) — Director
  6. Of Gods and the Undead (1970) — Director
  7. Oblivious Memory (2018) — Director
  8. The Fall (1976) — Director
  9. Sweet Hunters (1970) — Director
  10. Turbulence (2000) — Director
  11. Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier (1990) — Director
  12. In Evil Hour (2006) — Director
  13. Portugal S.A. (2004) — Director
  14. Mueda, Memory and Massacre (1982) — Director
  15. Monsanto (2000) — Director
  16. In Pieces (2025) — Director
  17. Quand Le Soleil Dort (1954) — Director
  18. I Sell My Dreams (1994) — Director
  19. Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização (1984) — Director
  20. A Fúria (2026) — Director
  21. La Lettre Volèe (1981) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — Don Pedro de Ursúa
  2. The House of Sand (2005) — Vasco de Sá
  3. Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  4. Chico: Brazilian Artist (2015) — Self
  5. The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
  6. Blue Blood (2014) — Mumbebo
  7. 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
  8. Oblivious Memory (2018) — Voz do sapo
  9. About Cinema (2015) — Self
  10. Le Maître du temps (1971)
  11. Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021) — Self
  12. The Man Who Killed John Wayne (2017) — Self
  13. Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! (2023)
  14. Benito Cereno (1971)
  15. The Beggars (1963)
  16. Dib (1997) — Self
  17. S.O.S. Noronha (1957) — Miguel
  18. A Linguagem do Cinema (2001)
  19. Branded For Life (1977)
  20. Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
  21. Asa Real (2024)
  22. Nifrapo (1985)
  23. Tempo Ruy (2021) — Self
  24. Gabo & Cinema (2016) — Self
  25. Brazil in Cannes (1971)
  26. Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  27. Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão (1999)
  28. Breathless (2006)
  29. Saudade (2017) — Self