Actor

Ruy Guerra

Directing

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Movies: 51Series: 1Crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 20548

IMDb ID: nm0346087

Known for: Directing

Born: August 22, 1931

Age: 94

Place of birth: Maputo, Moçambique

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1957 - 2026

Years active: 70

Average TMDB rating: 6.9

Wikidata: Q1378100

Other jobs

Director (14)Editor (6)Assistant Director (2)Writer (2)Consulting Editor (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)

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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).