Born 1931 (age 94) · Maputo, Moçambique
Appears in 56 titles

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).

Filmography

The Guns
7.5
The Guns
1964
Director
The Unscrupulous Ones
6.3
The Unscrupulous Ones
1962
Director
Erendira
6.1
Erendira
1983
Director
Kuarup
4.6
Kuarup
1989
Director
Of Gods and the Undead
6.0
Of Gods and the Undead
1970
Director
Malandro
6.9
Malandro
1986
Director
Oblivious Memory
7.6
Oblivious Memory
2018
Director
The Fall
6.8
The Fall
1976
Director
Sweet Hunters
6.3
Sweet Hunters
1970
Director
Turbulence
6.4
Turbulence
2000
Director
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
In Evil Hour
5.7
In Evil Hour
2006
Director
Portugal S.A.
6.0
Portugal S.A.
2004
Director
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
7.0
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982
Director
Monsanto
6.5
Monsanto
2000
Director
In Pieces
5.5
In Pieces
2025
Director
9.0
Quand Le Soleil Dort
1954
Director
A Fúria
A Fúria
2026
Director
La Lettre Volèe
1981
Director