FILM DIRECTOR

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

1928 - 2018

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Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 – 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas (Barren Lives, 1963), based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, and his most well-known film outside of Brazil is the black comedy How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Pereira dos Santos is the 874th most popular film director (up from 919th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 475th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 874 out of 2,041. Before him are Ralph Nelson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ari Folman, Bruno Dumont, Esfir Shub, and Jean Grémillon. After him are Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, Shinobu Hashimoto, Jean Rollin, and Helma Sanders-Brahms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 351. Before him are Mário Pinto de Andrade, Dušan Džamonja, Leonid Bronevoy, Eydie Gormé, Luis Posada Carriles, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. After him are Ruth Westheimer, Karel Mejta Sr, John Ostrom, Eno Raud, Mary Daly, and Rance Howard. Among people deceased in 2018, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 269. Before him are Sergio Pitol, Alfredo del Águila, Phan Văn Khải, Dave Holland, Luis Posada Carriles, and Sabahudin Kurt. After him are Jean Porter, Sergio Gonella, Jerry Van Dyke, Shinobu Hashimoto, Robert Spaemann, and Barkat Gourad Hamadou.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 448 out of 2,236. Before him are George Yonashiro (1950), Eugênio Sales (1920), Fred (1983), Francisco Mignone (1897), Baltazar (1926), and Kevin Kurányi (1982). After him are Filipe Luís (1985), Ricardo Gomes (1964), Júlio Prestes (1882), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), and Luiz Bueno (1937).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Nelson Pereira dos Santos ranks 5. Before him are Walter Salles (1956), Fernando Meirelles (1955), Glauber Rocha (1939), and Alberto Cavalcanti (1897). After him are Bruno Barreto (1955), José Padilha (1967), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).

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