(1949; short film) Rio 40 Graus (1955) Rio Zona Norte (1957) Mandacaru Vermelho (1961) El justicero (1963) Barren Lives (1963) The Golden Mouth (1963) Hunger for Love (1968) The Alienist (1970) How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971) Quem é Beta? (1972) The Amulet of Ogum (1974) Tenda dos Milagres (1977) A Missa do Galo (1980; short film) The Highway of Life (1983) Memórias do Cárcere (1984) Jubiabá (1986) The Third Bank of the River (1994) Cinema de Lágrimas (1995) Casa-Grande e Senzala (2000; TV film) Raízes do Brasil (2003) Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (2003; short film) Brasília 18% (2006) The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012) A Luz do Tom (2013) Bibliography Darlene J. Sadlier: Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Contemporary Film Directors), University of Illinois Press, 2003, References External links Nelson Pereira dos Santos Bio-Filmography at Senses of Cinema by Hudson Moura Description of dos Santos by Ephraim Katz 1928 births 2018 deaths Brazilian film directors People from São Paulo University of São Paulo alumni Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Deaths from liver cancer Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state)