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Ruy Guerra

Aug 22, 1931 (93 years old) in Maputo, Moçambique

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

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa
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Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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The Suns of Easter Island
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The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá
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Blue Blood
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Saudade
Self
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
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About Cinema
Self
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
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The Beggars

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