Cast & creator
Ruy Guerra
Best known for O País do Cinema, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, I Sell My Dreams
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).
80
film credits
3
television credits
30
1954–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
O País do Cinema
Self
2016
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa
1972
I Sell My Dreams
Director
1994I Sell My Dreams
Writer
1994
Erendira
Director
1983
Sweet Hunters
Director
1970Sweet Hunters
Writer
1970
About Cinema
Self
2015
Oblivious Memory
Voz do sapo
2018Oblivious Memory
Director
2018
The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá
2005Nifrapo
1985
Gabo & Cinema
Self
2016
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
2020
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Director
1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Writer
1990
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director
1982Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Editor
1982Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director of Photography
1982
Of Gods and the Undead
Editor
1970Of Gods and the Undead
Director
1970Of Gods and the Undead
Screenplay
1970
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
2021
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
In Evil Hour
Director
2006In Evil Hour
Writer
2006
Kuarup
Director
1989Kuarup
Producer
1989Kuarup
Writer
1989
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
2022
S.O.S. Noronha
Miguel
1957
Esse Mundo é Meu
Editor
1964
Saudade
Self
2017
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Self
2015
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self
2017
The Guns
Screenplay
1964The Guns
Director
1964The Guns
Editor
1964
The Mirror
Consulting Editor
2015
Le Maître du temps
1971
Le Tout pour le tout
Assistant Director
1962
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Time, Knifed
Writer
2026Time, Knifed
Original Story
2026
Blue Blood
Mumbebo
2014
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
A Fúria
Director
2026A Fúria
Writer
2026
Five Times Favela
Editor
1962
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão
Álvaro
1999
Brazil in Cannes
1971
A Linguagem do Cinema
2001Quand Le Soleil Dort
Director
1954
Malandro
Producer
1986Malandro
Director
1986Malandro
Writer
1986
The Unscrupulous Ones
Director
1962The Unscrupulous Ones
Writer
1962
The Jew
Editor
1996
The Beggars
1963The Beggars
Editor
1963
In Pieces
Director
2025In Pieces
Screenplay
2025
Portugal S.A.
Director
2004
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
The Fall
Writer
1976The Fall
Director
1976The Fall
Editor
1976The Fall
Music
1976
O Santo Módico
Assistant Director
1964
Dib
Self
1997
Monsanto
Director
2000
Turbulence
Writer
2000Turbulence
Director
2000
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
Director
1984
Branded For Life
1977Branded For Life
Editor
1977
Breathless
2006
Benito Cereno
1971La Lettre Volèe
Director
1981
Tempo Ruy
Self
2021
Asa Real
2024Mueda
Director