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Geraldo Sarno

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Geraldo Sarno

Born
Died
(aged 83)
Birthplace
Poções, Bahia, Brazil
Credits
44 titles

Biography

Geraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director.

Born in Poções, after studying law at the Universidad del Salvador Sarno moved to São Paulo where he became an assistant of Thomaz Farkas. He made his directorial debut in 1965 with the Farkas-produced Viramundo, about the internal migration in north-east Brazil, which was one of the major themes in his documentary career.

Among Sarno's best known works was the critically acclaimed film Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1978), a mix between documentary and fiction which has been described as "the last really significant title of the Cinema Novo movement". In 2008, he won the award for best direction at the Brasília Film Festival for the film Tudo Isto Me Parece Um Sonho, while in 2010 his film O Último Romance de Balzac was awarded the Special Jury Award at the Gramado Film Festival.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 7

YearTitleRole
2023 Dois Sertões Film Self
2016 Cinema Novo Film Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014 Reviramundo Film Self
2008 Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho Film Himself
2008 Eu Carrego um Cinema Dentro de Mim Film himself
2008 Milagrez Film Self
2006 Depois do Transe Film Self

Crew credits 38

YearTitleJob
2020 Sertânia Film Director, Screenplay, Editor
2016 A Linguagem do Cinema II Film Director
2011 Balzac's Last Novel Film Director, Writer
2008 Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho Film Director, Writer
2001 Ana Carolina no País do Cinema Film Director
2001 A Linguagem do Cinema Film Writer, Producer, Director
2000 50 minutos e 23 segundos com Júlio Bressane Film Director
1992 Mídia, mentiras e democracia: zona de fronteira Film Director, Writer
1987 Deus é um Fogo Film Director
1984 A Terra Queima Film Director, Writer
1982 O côco do Macalé Film Director, Writer
1980 Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim Film Director
1979 Colonel Delmiro Gouveia Film Director, Screenplay
1978 Plantar nas Estrelas Film Writer, Director
1976 Iaô: A iniciação num terreiro Gege Nagô Film Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Director
1975 Espaço Sagrado Film Director
1975 Segunda-Feira Film Director
1974 Casa Grande e Senzala Film Director
1973 O Picapau Amarelo Film Director, Writer
1972 Semana de Arte Moderna Film Director
1971 Padre Cícero Film Director, Editor
1971 Monteiro Lobato Film Director, Editor, Writer
1970 O Engenho Film Screenplay, Director
1970 Casa de Farinha Film Director
1970 Jornal do Sertão Film Director
1970 A Cantoria Film Director
1970 Viva Cariri Film Writer, Director, Editor
1970 Os Imaginários Film Director
1969 Vitalino/Lampião Film Director of Photography, Editor
1969 Dramática Popular Film Director, Researcher
1968 True Brazil Film Director
1968 The Outsiders Film Editor
1967 Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring Film Producer
1966 Auto de Vitória Film Director, Writer
1965 Roda & Outras Estórias Film Writer
1965 Viramundo Film Director, Writer
1965 El acoso Film Assistant Director of Photography
1963 La decisión Film Assistant Director
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