Ruy Guerra
- Born
- August 22, 1931 (95 years old)
- Place of birth
- Maputo, Moçambique
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).
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Filmography
- —MuedaMuedaFilm · Director
- 2026Time, KnifedFilm · Writer, Original Story
- 2026A FúriaFilm · Director, Writer
- 2025In PiecesFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2018Oblivious MemoryFilm · Director
- 2015The MirrorFilm · Consulting Editor
- 2006In Evil HourFilm · Director, Writer
- 2004Portugal S.A.Film · Director
- 2000TurbulenceFilm · Writer, Director
- 2000MonsantoFilm · Director
- 1996The JewFilm · Editor
- 1994I Sell My DreamsSeries · Director, Writer
- 1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-FancierFilm · Director, Writer
- 1989KuarupFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1986MalandroFilm · Producer, Director, Writer
- 1984Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonizaçãoFilm · Director
- 1983ErendiraFilm · Director
- 1982Mueda, Memory and MassacreFilm · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1981La Lettre VolèeLa Lettre VolèeFilm · Director
- 1977Branded For LifeFilm · Editor
- 1976The FallFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Music
- 1970Of Gods and the UndeadFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 1970Sweet HuntersFilm · Director, Writer
- 1964The GunsFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor★ 7.5
- 1964Esse Mundo é MeuFilm · Editor
- 1964O Santo MódicoFilm · Assistant Director
- 1963The BeggarsFilm · Editor
- 1962Five Times FavelaFilm · Editor
- 1962Le Tout pour le toutFilm · Assistant Director
- 1962The Unscrupulous OnesFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.2
- 1954Quand Le Soleil DortQuand Le Soleil DortFilm · Director