Ruy Guerra
Directing
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
Directing23
movieA Fúria
2026
Director
movieIn Pieces
2025
Director
movieOblivious Memory
2018
Director
movieIn Evil Hour
2006
Director
moviePortugal S.A.
2004
Director
movieTurbulence
2000
Director
movieMonsanto
2000
Director
tvI Sell My Dreams
1994
Director
movieKuarup
1989
Director
movieMalandro
1986
Director
movieErendira
1983
Director
movieThe Fall
1976
Director
movieOf Gods and the Undead
1970
Director
movieSweet Hunters
1970
Director
movieThe Guns
1964
Director
movieO Santo Módico
1964
Assistant Director
movieLe Tout pour le tout
1962
Assistant Director
movieThe Unscrupulous Ones
1962
Director
Acting29
movieQuando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieOblivious Memory
2018
Voz do sapo
movieSaudade
2017
Self
movieCinema Novo
2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieBlue Blood
2014
Mumbebo
movieThe House of Sand
2005
Vasco de Sá
movieDib
1997
Self
movieAguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
Don Pedro de Ursúa
movieS.O.S. Noronha
1957
Miguel
Writing14
movieA Fúria
2026
Writer
movieIn Pieces
2025
Screenplay
movieIn Evil Hour
2006
Writer
movieTurbulence
2000
Writer
tvI Sell My Dreams
1994
Writer
movieKuarup
1989
Writer
movieMalandro
1986
Writer
movieThe Fall
1976
Writer
movieOf Gods and the Undead
1970
Screenplay
movieSweet Hunters
1970
Writer
movieThe Guns
1964
Screenplay
movieTempo à Faca
Writer
Editing10
movieThe Mirror
2015
Consulting Editor
movieThe Jew
1996
Editor
movieThe Fall
1976
Editor
movieThe Guns
1964
Editor
movieThe Beggars
1963
Editor
Production2
movieKuarup
1989
Producer
movieMalandro
1986
Producer
Camera1
movieMueda, Memory and Massacre
1982
Director of Photography
Sound1
movieThe Fall
1976
Music