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Glauber Rocha
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Brazilian film director, actor and writer (1939–1981)
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Glauber de Andrade Rocha was a Brazilian screenwriter, film director, actor, and writer. Born in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, in 1939, he began his work period in 1957. He was associated with the Cinema Novo movement and was educated at the Federal University of Bahia. His professional roles included directing, as indicated by his department classification.
Rocha received the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and the Cannes Best Director Award. He was married to Helena Ignez, and they had two children. He spoke and wrote in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. His notable works include *La revolución es una eztetyka*, *Ideário de Glauber Rocha*, *Glauber, o leão de Veneza*, *Un sueño compartido*, and *Roteiros do terceiro mundo*.
He died in Rio de Janeiro on August 22, 1981. He is buried in the Cemitério de São João Batista.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- La revolución es una eztetyka
- Ideário de Glauber Rocha
- Glauber, o leão de Veneza
- Un sueño compartido
- Roteiros do terceiro mundo
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Film & TV
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Vitória da Conquista, March 14, 1939 — Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 1981) was a Brazilian filmmaker, considered by critics, specialized journalists and the public as one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian cinema. Revered as a revolutionary genius, he was one of the founders of the avant-garde Cinema Novo movement, and many of his works, such as Deus e o Diabo…
Known for
- Golpe de Vista — (archive footage)2024
- 11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Good Cinema — Self2021
- Steps2021
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival — Self (archive footage)2020
- Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy — Self (archive footage)2020
- Race Antenna — Self (archive footage)2020
- Glauber, Claro — Self (archive footage)2020
- A Mulher da Luz Própria — Self (archive footage)2019
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self (archive footage)2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Federal University of Bahia
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Movement
- Cinema Novo
- Image
- Glauber Rocha, sem data.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1938-03-14
- date of death
- 1981-08-22
- Commons category
- Glauber Rocha
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Glauber Rocha
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- birth name
- Glauber de Andrade Rocha
- place of burial
- Cemitério de São João Batista
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