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Ruy Guerra

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateAug 22, 1931 (95 years old)
Zodiac Sign♌Leo
Place of BirthMaputo, Moçambique
Career Span1957 – Present (70 yrs)
Known Credits54 Titles
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.8

Ruy Guerra

Total Works

54

52 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
7.4
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
The House of Sand
6.7
The House of Sand
2005•movie
as Vasco de Sá
The Guns
7.5
The Guns
1964•movie
Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 54 titles featuring Ruy Guerra

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
7.4

as Don Pedro de Ursúa

The House of Sand
6.7
The House of Sand
2005•movie

as Vasco de Sá

The Guns
7.5
The Guns
1964•movie

Role: Director

The Unscrupulous Ones
6.2

Role: Director

Cinema Novo
6.7
Cinema Novo
2016•movie

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Chico: Brazilian Artist
7.8

as Self

Erendira
6.1
Erendira
1983•movie

Role: Director

Blue Blood
5.7
Blue Blood
2014•movie

as Mumbebo

The Suns of Easter Island
6.4
Kuarup
4.6
Kuarup
1989•movie

Role: Director

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
5.2
Malandro
7.0
Malandro
1986•movie

Role: Producer

Of Gods and the Undead
6.0

Role: Screenplay

Five Times Favela
7.9
Five Times Favela
1962•movie

Role: Editor

Oblivious Memory
7.6
Oblivious Memory
2018•movie

as Voz do sapo

The Mirror
3.9
The Mirror
2015•movie

Role: Consulting Editor

Esse Mundo é Meu
7.6
Esse Mundo é Meu
1964•movie

Role: Editor

About Cinema
8.2
About Cinema
2015•movie

as Self

The Fall
6.8
The Fall
1976•movie

Role: Writer

Sweet Hunters
6.3
Sweet Hunters
1970•movie

Role: Director

The Jew
5.7
The Jew
1996•movie

Role: Editor

Turbulence
6.4
Turbulence
2000•movie

Role: Writer

Le Maître du temps
6.2
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
4.8

Role: Writer

In Evil Hour
5.7
In Evil Hour
2006•movie

Role: Director

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
8.0

as Self

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
7.5

as Self

Portugal S.A.
6.0
Portugal S.A.
2004•movie

Role: Director

Mueda, Memory and Massacre
7.0

Role: Director

Monsanto
6.5
Monsanto
2000•movie

Role: Director

In Pieces
5.5
In Pieces
2025•movie

Role: Director

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
8.0
Benito Cereno
7.0
Benito Cereno
1971•movie
The Beggars
9.0
The Beggars
1963•movie
Dib
8.0
Dib
1997•movie

as Self

S.O.S. Noronha
9.0
S.O.S. Noronha
1957•movie

as Miguel

A Linguagem do Cinema
6.0
Branded For Life
7.0
Branded For Life
1977•movie
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
5.0

as Self

Asa Real
10.0
Asa Real
2024•movie
O Santo Módico
7.0
O Santo Módico
1964•movie

Role: Assistant Director

Le Tout pour le tout
9.0

Role: Assistant Director

I Sell My Dreams
7.0
I Sell My Dreams
1994•series

Role: Director

Tempo Ruy
Tempo Ruy
2021•movie

as Self

Gabo & Cinema
Gabo & Cinema
2016•movie

as Self

Brazil in Cannes
Brazil in Cannes
1971•movie
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

as Self (archive footage)

Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão

as Álvaro

Breathless
Breathless
2006•movie
Saudade
Saudade
2017•movie

as Self

O País do Cinema
1 eps
O País do Cinema
2016•series

as Self

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

Role: Director

A Fúria
A Fúria
2026•movie

Role: Director

Time, Knifed
Time, Knifed
2026•movie

Role: Writer