Ruy Guerra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 22, 1931
- Birthplace
- Maputo, Moçambique
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).
Filmography
- Mueda
Mueda TBA
Director
Time, Knifed 2026
Writer, Original Story
A Fúria 2026
Director, Writer
In Pieces 2025
Director, Screenplay
Asa Real 2024
Actor
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! 2023
Actor
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar 2021
as Self
Tempo Ruy 2021
as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival 2020
as Self
Oblivious Memory 2018
as Voz do sapo, Director
Saudade 2017
as Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne 2017
as Self
Cinema Novo 2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Gabo & Cinema 2016
as Self
Chico: Brazilian Artist 2015
as Self
About Cinema 2015
as Self
The Mirror 2015
Consulting Editor
Blue Blood 2014
as Mumbebo
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves 2010
Actor
In Evil Hour 2006
Director, Writer
Breathless 2006
Actor
The House of Sand 2005
as Vasco de Sá
Portugal S.A. 2004
Director
A Linguagem do Cinema 2001
Actor
Turbulence 2000
Writer, Director
Monsanto 2000
Director
Retrato Do Artista Com Um 38 Na Mão 1999
as Álvaro
Dib 1997
as Self
The Jew 1996
Editor
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier 1990
Writer, Director
Kuarup 1989
Director, Writer, Producer
Malandro 1986
Producer, Writer, Director
- Nifrapo
Nifrapo 1985
Actor
Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização 1984
Director
Erendira 1983
Director
- La Lettre Volèe
La Lettre Volèe 1981
Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre 1980
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Branded For Life 1977
Actor, Editor
The Fall 1976
Writer, Director, Music, Editor
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972
as Don Pedro de Ursúa
The Suns of Easter Island 1972
Actor
Brazil in Cannes 1971
Actor
Le Maître du temps 1971
Actor
Benito Cereno 1971
Actor
Of Gods and the Undead 1970
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Sweet Hunters 1970
Director, Writer
The Guns 1964
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Esse Mundo é Meu 1964
Editor
O Santo Módico 1964
Assistant Director
The Beggars 1963
Actor, Editor
Five Times Favela 1962
Editor
Le Tout pour le tout 1962
Assistant Director
The Unscrupulous Ones 1962
Director, Writer
S.O.S. Noronha 1957
as Miguel
- Quand Le Soleil Dort
Quand Le Soleil Dort 1954
Director
Credits from TMDB.