Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a
Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a
Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique,
when it was still a 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. He subsequently immigrated
to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes
(1962). It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film
Festival.In 1964, Guerra directed Os Fuzis, which placed him in the
forefront of the emerging Cinema Novo movement. The film was entered
into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.After that he directed the
international production Tendres Chasseurs (1969) starring Sterling
Hayden, and Os Deuses e os Mortos (1970). The tumultuous political
landscape in 1970's Brazil forced Guerra to stop filming until 1976,
when he directed A Queda. The film was entered into the 28th Berlin
International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special
Jury Prize.
Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a
Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique,
when it was still a 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. He subsequently immigrated
to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes
(1962). It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film
Festival.In 1964, Guerra directed Os Fuzis, which placed him in the
forefront of the emerging Cinema Novo movement. The film was entered
into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.After that he directed the
international production Tendres Chasseurs (1969) starring Sterling
Hayden, and Os Deuses e os Mortos (1970). The tumultuous political
landscape in 1970's Brazil forced Guerra to stop filming until 1976,
when he directed A Queda. The film was entered into the 28th Berlin
International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special
Jury Prize.
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