Directed credits
16
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Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ruy Guerra
Directing
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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 1All crew 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
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Director (14)Assistant Director (2)Editor (6)Writer (2)Consulting Editor (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
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).
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ruy Guerra.
In 4 weeks
A Fúria
Director
2026 Movie
5.5
In Pieces
Director
2025 Movie
7.6
Oblivious Memory
Director
2018 Movie
5.0
In Evil Hour
Director
2006 Movie
5.0
Portugal S.A.
Director
2004 Movie
5.0
Monsanto
Director
2000 Movie
3.3
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Director
1990 Movie
4.3
Kuarup
Director
1989 Movie
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização
Director
1984 Movie
5.9
Erendira
Director
1983 Movie
5.0
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director
1982 Movie
6.0
Sweet Hunters
Director
1970 Movie
O Santo Módico
Assistant Director
1964 Movie
Le Tout pour le tout
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
6.1
The Unscrupulous Ones
Director
1962 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ruy Guerra.
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3.9
The Mirror
Consulting Editor
2015 Movie
5.9
Erendira
Director
1983 Movie
6.0
Sweet Hunters
Director
1970 Movie
4.3
Kuarup
Director
1989 Movie
7.5
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
1972 Movie
Breathless
2006 Movie
7.6
Oblivious Memory
Director
2018 Movie
Saudade
as Self
2017 Movie
6.7
The House of Sand
as Vasco de Sá
2005 Movie
7.8
Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
2015 Movie
In 4 weeks
A Fúria
Director
2026 Movie
5.2
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ruy Guerra.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ruy Guerra.
3.9
The Mirror
Consulting Editor
2015 Movie
5.5
Turbulence
Writer
2000 Movie
5.0
The Jew
Editor
1996 Movie
6.5
Malandro
Producer
1986 Movie
Branded For Life
Editor
1977 Movie
6.7
The Fall
Writer
1976 Movie
5.6
Of Gods and the Undead
Editor
1970 Movie
7.6
The Guns
Screenplay
1964 Movie
7.2
Esse Mundo é Meu
Editor
1964 Movie
The Beggars
Editor
1963 Movie
7.8
Five Times Favela
Editor
1962 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Ruy Guerra.
10.0
Asa Real
2024 Movie
8.0
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023 Movie
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self
2021 Movie
Tempo Ruy
as Self
2021 Movie
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
2020 Movie
7.6
Oblivious Memory
as Voz do sapo
2018 Movie
Saudade
as Self
2017 Movie
7.5
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
as Self
2017 Movie
6.7
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016 Movie
Gabo & Cinema
as Self
2016 Movie
7.8
Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Self
2015 Movie