Ruy Guerra

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-08-22 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Maputo, Moçambique

Ruy Guerra

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).

Known For

The House of Sand
6.7%

The House of Sand

May 13, 2005

Cinema Novo
6.7%

Cinema Novo

May 16, 2016

Chico: Brazilian Artist
7.9%

Chico: Brazilian Artist

Nov 26, 2015

Blue Blood
5.8%

Blue Blood

Sep 29, 2014

About Cinema
8.3%

About Cinema

Sep 15, 2015

Le Maître du temps
5.0%

Le Maître du temps

Oct 24, 1971

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
8.0%

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

Sep 29, 2023

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Camera

1982
Mueda, Memory and Massacre as Director of Photography

Directing

2025
In Pieces as Director
2024
A Fúria as Director
2018
Oblivious Memory as Director
2006
In Evil Hour as Director
2004
Portugal S.A. as Director
2000
Turbulence as Director
2000
Monsanto as Director
1992
Me alquilo para soñar as Director
1990
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier as Director
1989
Kuarup as Director
1986
Malandro as Director
1984
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização as Director
1983
Erendira as Director
1982
Mueda, Memory and Massacre as Director
1976
The Fall as Director
1970
Of Gods and the Undead as Director
1970
Sweet Hunters as Director
1964
The Guns as Director
1964
O Santo Módico as Assistant Director
1962
Le tout pour le tout as Assistant Director
1962
The Unscrupulous Ones as Director
1954
Quand Le Soleil Dort as Director

Editing

2015
The Mirror as Consulting Editor
1996
The Jew as Editor
1982
Mueda, Memory and Massacre as Editor
1977
Branded For Life as Editor
1976
The Fall as Editor
1970
Of Gods and the Undead as Editor
1964
The Guns as Editor
1964
Esse Mundo é Meu as Editor
1963
The Beggars as Editor
1962
Cinco Vezes Favela as Editor

Production

1989
Kuarup as Producer
1986
Malandro as Producer

Sound

1976
The Fall as Music

Writing

2025
In Pieces as Screenplay
2006
In Evil Hour as Writer
2000
Turbulence as Writer
1990
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier as Writer
1989
Kuarup as Writer
1986
Malandro as Writer
1976
The Fall as Writer
1970
Of Gods and the Undead as Screenplay
1970
Sweet Hunters as Writer
1964
The Guns as Screenplay
1962
The Unscrupulous Ones as Writer
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Ruy Guerra