7.4
Movie
Directing
Ruy Guerra
- Born
- (age 95)
- Birthplace
- Maputo, Moçambique
- Credits
- 58 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
6.7
Movie
The House of Sand
7.5
Movie
The Guns
6.2
Movie
The Unscrupulous Ones
6.1
Movie
Erendira
5.7
Movie
Blue Blood
6.4
Movie
The Suns of Easter Island
4.6
Movie
Kuarup
5.2
Movie
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
7.0
Movie
Malandro
6.0
Movie
Of Gods and the Undead
7.9
Movie
Five Times Favela
7.6
Movie
Oblivious Memory
3.9
Movie
The Mirror
7.6
Movie
Esse Mundo é Meu
6.8
Movie
The Fall
6.3
Movie
Sweet Hunters
5.7
Movie
The Jew
Acting credits 30
Crew credits 31
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Mueda Film | Director |
| 2026 | Time, Knifed Film | Writer, Original Story |
| 2026 | A Fúria Film | Director, Writer |
| 2025 | In Pieces Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2018 | Oblivious Memory Film | Director |
| 2015 | The Mirror Film | Consulting Editor |
| 2006 | In Evil Hour Film | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Portugal S.A. Film | Director |
| 2000 | Turbulence Film | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | Monsanto Film | Director |
| 1996 | The Jew Film | Editor |
| 1994 | I Sell My Dreams TV | Director, Writer (6 ep) |
| 1990 | Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier Film | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Kuarup Film | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1986 | Malandro Film | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização Film | Director |
| 1983 | Erendira Film | Director |
| 1981 | La Lettre Volèe Film | Director |
| 1980 | Mueda, Memory and Massacre Film | Director, Editor, Director of Photography |
| 1977 | Branded For Life Film | Editor |
| 1976 | The Fall Film | Writer, Director, Editor, Music |
| 1970 | Of Gods and the Undead Film | Editor, Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Sweet Hunters Film | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | The Guns Film | Screenplay, Director, Editor |
| 1964 | Esse Mundo é Meu Film | Editor |
| 1964 | O Santo Módico Film | Assistant Director |
| 1963 | The Beggars Film | Editor |
| 1962 | Five Times Favela Film | Editor |
| 1962 | Le Tout pour le tout Film | Assistant Director |
| 1962 | The Unscrupulous Ones Film | Director, Writer |
| 1954 | Quand Le Soleil Dort Film | Director |