Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Nelson Pereira dos Santos ComRB OMC São Paulo October 22 1928 Rio de Janeiro April 21 2018 was a Brazilian film director producer and screenwriter Having been one of the founders of the Cinema Novo movement his production spans a period of 60 years in the history of Brazil Considered one of the most important filmmakers in the country he was strongly influenced by the works of the 1930s generation of Brazilian literary modernism having adapted works by Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado for cinema His film Vidas Secas based on Gracilianos novel is one of the most awarded Brazilian films of all time being recognized as a masterpiece In 2006 he was elected Immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters a position he held until his death in 2018