Cast & creator
Eduardo Coutinho
Best known for Destiny River, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, 1964: 40 Years After
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.
88
film credits
1
television credits
29
1959–2025 · acting roles
7.1
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (89)
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Destiny River
Dr. Ricardo
2010
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Screenplay
1976
1964: 40 Years After
2004
Madame Satã
Juiz
2002
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Screenplay
2000
Faustão
Director
1971Faustão
Music
1971Faustão
Story
1971Faustão
Screenplay
1971
The Memory Thread
Himself (Voice)
1991The Memory Thread
Director
1991
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
2019
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
2020
A Day in the Life
Director
2010A Day in the Life
Writer
2010A Day in the Life
Editor
2010
Moscow
Self
2009Moscow
Director
2009
Capturing Reality
Self
2008
Índia, a Filha do Sol
Co-Writer
1982
The ABC of Love
Director
1967
Twenty Years Later
Himself
1984Twenty Years Later
Writer
1984Twenty Years Later
Director
1984Twenty Years Later
Producer
1984
Critic
Self
2008
The Man Who Bought the World
Writer
1968The Man Who Bought the World
Director
1968
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
2015
O Homem de Areia
Writer
1982
The Girl from Ipanema
1967The Girl from Ipanema
Screenplay
1967The Girl from Ipanema
Story
1967
The Deceased
Writer
1965
Five Times Favela
Production Manager
1962
Babilônia 2000
Self
2001Babilônia 2000
Director
2001
Os Condenados
Screenplay
1974
Playing
Interviewer
2007Playing
Director
2007Playing
Screenplay
2007
Last Conversations
Self
2015Last Conversations
Director
2015
The Beggars
1963
The End and the Beginning
Director
2006The End and the Beginning
Associate Producer
2006
Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia
Consulting Producer
2002Ulysses Cidadão
Writer
1993
Master, a Building in Copacabana
Interviewer
2002Master, a Building in Copacabana
Director
2002Master, a Building in Copacabana
Screenplay
2002
Love Lesson
Screenplay
1975
O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada
Director
1977
Câncer
Self
1972
Seis Dias de Ouricuri
Director
1976Seis Dias de Ouricuri
Writer
1976
Songs
Director
2011Songs
Writer
2011
Dib
Self
1997
Movie Theaters of Rio
Self
2001
Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve
Director
1989
Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui
Director
1980
The Scavengers
Director
1992
Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608
2009
Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira
Self
2011
Le Telephone
Director
1959
Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero
Director
1994
Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão
Director
1978
Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro
Director
1987
Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja
Director
1979
Fifty Years Later
Director
2014
Sete Visitas
Self
2015
Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro
Himself
2013
The Mighty Spirit
Self - Interviewer
1999The Mighty Spirit
Writer
1999The Mighty Spirit
Director
1999
A Lei e a Vida
Director
1992
Dá pra Segurar!
Director
1997
Metalworkers
Director
2004
Seis Histórias
Director
1995
O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem?
Director
1990
Mulheres no Front
Director
1996
A Treat of Coutinho
Self
2019
Inhabiting Time
2025
Superstição
Director
1976
Sobreviventes de Galileia
Director
2014
The Method
Self
2019
Coutinho Reporter
hinself
2011
Porrada!
Director
2000