
Director
Ruy Guerra
Born 1931 · Maputo, Moçambique
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).
Directed

The Guns
Director · 1964

Oblivious Memory
Director · 2018

The Unscrupulous Ones
Director · 1962

Le Tout pour le tout
Assistant Director · 1962
Quand Le Soleil Dort
Director · 1954

Erendira
Director · 1983

Malandro
Director · 1986

The Fall
Director · 1976

Of Gods and the Undead
Director · 1970

Sweet Hunters
Director · 1970

Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Director · 1982

Turbulence
Director · 2000

I Sell My Dreams
Director · 1994

O Santo Módico
Assistant Director · 1964

Monsanto
Director · 2000

Portugal S.A.
Director · 2004

In Evil Hour
Director · 2006

Kuarup
Director · 1989
Acting

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Pedro de Ursúa · 1972

The House of Sand
Vasco de Sá · 2005

Chico: Brazilian Artist
Self · 2015

Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 2016

About Cinema
Self · 2015

Oblivious Memory
Voz do sapo · 2018

S.O.S. Noronha
Miguel · 1957

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self · 2021

Dib
Self · 1997

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self · 2017

Blue Blood
Mumbebo · 2014

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self · 2020

Gabo & Cinema
Self · 2016

Saudade
Self · 2017

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage) · 2022

Tempo Ruy
Self · 2021
Writing

The Guns
Screenplay · 1964

The Unscrupulous Ones
Writer · 1962

Malandro
Writer · 1986

The Fall
Writer · 1976

Of Gods and the Undead
Screenplay · 1970

Sweet Hunters
Writer · 1970

Turbulence
Writer · 2000

I Sell My Dreams
Writer · 1994

In Evil Hour
Writer · 2006

Kuarup
Writer · 1989

In Pieces
Screenplay · 2025

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Writer · 1990