Eduardo Coutinho

Biography

Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.

Directed

1. Twenty Years Later (1984) — Director
2. Playing (2007) — Director
3. Master, a Building in Copacabana (2002) — Director
4. Metalworkers (2004) — Director
5. Babilônia 2000 (2001) — Director
6. Last Conversations (2015) — Director
7. The Mighty Spirit (1999) — Director
8. Songs (2011) — Director
9. The Memory Thread (1991) — Director
10. A Day in the Life (2010) — Director
11. The End and the Beginning (2006) — Director
12. The Man Who Bought the World (1968) — Director
13. The ABC of Love (1967) — Director
14. Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro (1987) — Director
15. Moscow (2009) — Director
16. The Scavengers (1992) — Director
17. Faustão (1971) — Director
18. Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão (1978) — Director
19. Sobreviventes de Galileia (2014) — Director
20. Fifty Years Later (2014) — Director
21. Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja (1979) — Director
22. Seis Dias de Ouricuri (1976) — Director
23. Porrada! (2000) — Director
24. O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada (1977) — Director
25. Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero (1994) — Director
26. Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve (1989) — Director
27. O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem? (1990) — Director
28. A Lei e a Vida (1992) — Director
29. Dá pra Segurar! (1997) — Director
30. Superstição (1976) — Director
31. Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui (1980) — Director
32. Mulheres no Front (1996) — Director
33. Seis Histórias (1995) — Director
34. Le Telephone (1959) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Madame Satã (2002) — Juiz
2. Twenty Years Later (1984) — Himself
3. Playing (2007) — Interviewer
4. Master, a Building in Copacabana (2002) — Interviewer
5. Critic (2008) — Self
6. Babilônia 2000 (2001) — Self
7. Last Conversations (2015) — Self
8. The Mighty Spirit (1999) — Self - Interviewer
9. The Memory Thread (1991) — Himself (Voice)
10. A Treat of Coutinho (2019) — Self
11. Capturing Reality (2008) — Self
12. The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
13. Destiny River (2010) — Dr. Ricardo
14. Câncer (1972) — Self
15. Moscow (2009) — Self
16. The Method (2019) — Self
17. Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro (2013) — Himself
18. Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self (archive footage)
19. 1964: 40 Years After (2004)
20. The Beggars (1963)
21. Movie Theaters of Rio (2001) — Self
22. Dib (1997) — Self
23. Sete Visitas (2015) — Self
24. Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608 (2009)
25. Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015) — Self
26. Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019) — Self (archive footage)
27. Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira (2011) — Self
28. Coutinho Reporter (2011) — hinself
29. Inhabiting Time (2025)