Cast & creator
Nelson Motta
Best known for Tropical Paradise, Celebrity, Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Nelson Cândido Motta Filho ORB (São Paulo, October 29, 1944) is a Brazilian journalist, composer, writer, screenwriter, music producer, playwright, and lyricist.
45
film credits
18
television credits
45
1970–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Tropical Paradise
Self
2007
Celebrity
Self
2003
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Self
2019
Assim na Terra Como no Céu
amigo de Renatão
1970
Rock in Rio
Self - Host
1985
A Festa é Nossa
Theme Song Performance
1983
Por Toda Minha Vida
Self
2006
O Canto da Sereia
Novel
2013
BIS Docs
2013
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
Self
2022
Viva Marília
Self (archive footage)
2026Viva Marília
Writer
2026
Samuel Wainer
Self
2023
Dzi Croquettes
Self
2009
101 Songs that Moved Brazil
Host
2020101 Songs that Moved Brazil
Script
2020101 Songs that Moved Brazil
Creator
2020
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
2008
O Brado Retumbante
Writer
2012
Tributo: Boni
Self
2024
Chico & Caetano
Screenplay
1986Chico & Caetano
Creator
1986
O Casal
Original Music Composer
1975
O Nome Dela é Gal
Self
2017
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
Self
2006
Erasmo 80
Self (archive footage)
2021
A Busca do Eu e o Silêncio
Lyricist
2021
Cartola: The Samba Legend
2007
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Self
2009
Vale Tudo com Tim Maia
Director
2022
Agamenon: The Film
Self
2012
The Secret of the Mummy
1982
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Self
2017
Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema
Self
2018
The Rich Are Something Else
Story
1977
Gabeira
Self
2017
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Self
2024
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Self
2023Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Screenplay
2023
Serguei - The Last Psychedelic
Ele mesmo
2017
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Self
2005
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
Self
2024Caro Francis
2010
Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
Self
2012
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Self (archive footage)
2012
A Night in 67
Self
2010
Marisa Monte: MM ao Vivo
Director
1989
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Self
2015
O Bom Marido
1978
Álbum de Música
Self
1974
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Director
1989
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Self
1993
Rock in Rio 30 Anos
Self
2015
Especial Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: Turnê Flerte Fatal 87/88
Producer
1987
Chocante
Himself
2017
Areias Escaldantes
Writer
1985Spring of the Dragon
Book
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Self
2009
Rei da Noite
2025
O Som Alucinante
1971
Éramos Todos Loucos
Self
2014
Abertura
Self
1979