Ferreira Gullar

AKA:
0.1351

1930-09-10

São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Biography

Ferreira Gullar, pseudonym of José Ribamar Ferreira (São Luís, September 10, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, December 4, 2016), was a Brazilian writer, poet, art critic, biographer, translator, memoirist and essayist and one of the founders of neoconcretism. He was the candidate for chair 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in the vacancy left by Ivan Junqueira, of which he took office on December 5, 2014.

Crew Roles

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Writer
ABC of a Strike
Writer
Em Família
Writer
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
Screenplay
Waldemar Henrique canta Belém
Screenplay
Writer
Script
Writer
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Writer
Creator
Creator
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {52}

Self (voice)

2003-09-17 5.8

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2007-01-14 6.9

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to h ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-11-01 6.2

Vinicius de Moraes

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cu ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Narrador

1987-09-24 0

Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

The episode dives into the mystical universe of Carlos Pertius, the son of a family of French immigrants, hospitalized at the age of 29. After facing personal problems such as the death of his father, ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrador

1970-01-01 6.1

The Language of Persuasion

Short documentary about the ideology of publicity and mass medias. ...
Genre :Documentary

2014-04-02 0

O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro

Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1984-12-03 8.451

Twenty Years Later

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking fo ...
Genre :Documentary, History

2009-01-10 7.3

Utopia and Barbarism

The world post-World War II and its transformations; the utopias that were created and the barbarity that have marked it. The dismantling of the dreaming generation of 1968 and the creation of new pro ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrador

1966-01-01 0

Lima Barreto: Trajetória

Short film about the life and career of the notorious Brazilian writer Lima Barreto. ...
Genre :Documentary

2009-10-04 0

A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta

Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1981-08-26 0

Iya-Mi-Agbá

Genre :Documentary

2013-01-02 0

Bonfanti

Genre :

narrador

1978-01-01 0

Plantar nas Estrelas

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1964-01-09 9

Absolute Majority

The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under extreme misery. Although incapable of writing, they are aware of their condition and qualified to pro ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1990-02-15 7.6

ABC of a Strike

ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the mater ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1979-01-01 5.2

HO

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

1972-01-01 8

Câncer

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society. ...
Genre :Drama

2014-04-21 8

Plano B

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1968-01-01 7.5

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1 ...
Genre :Documentary

2004-01-01 5

1964: 40 Years After

Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on March 31, 1964, and the implementation of the military dictatorship in Brazil. Around 40 characters re ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Self

2002-10-31 0

Poeta de Sete Faces

Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work. ...
Genre :Documentary, Drama

Self

2013-07-05 7

Dossiê Jango

João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1, 1964. After that, Jango lived in exile in Argentina, where he ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1978-01-01 7.3

O Aleijadinho

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more than 20 years earlier. de Andrade dedicated the film to ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1987-01-01 7

Images of the Unconscious

In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious in 1952. It gathered paintings and drawings made by ...
Genre :Documentary

1968-03-17 5

Desesperato

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the ...
Genre :Drama

Self

2005-01-02 0

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece

Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2009-11-21 0

Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão

Genre :Documentary

Self

2010-09-20 0

Poema Sujo

Genre :Documentary

2000-03-20 0

Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1997-11-25 7

Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

Documentary by Leon Hirszman about the economic conditions of film production in Brazil, produced in 1975 with sponsorship from Embrafilme and kept unreleased since then. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2017-11-23 0

Gabeira

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira. With testimonies of Armínio Fraga, Aguinaldo Silva, Leda Nagle, among others. ...
Genre :Documentary

Chefe da redação

1968-11-26 6.7

On Borrowed Time

During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Himself

1997-05-07 7.4

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes

Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrador

1969-01-01 0

O Guesa

"Life and work of the Maranhense poet Sousândrade (1833-1902), illustrated with engravings on Brazilian history, from the discovery to the proclamation of the Republic." ...
Genre :Documentary

Davi Martins

1970-09-15 5.8

The Heirs

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV. ...
Genre :Drama

Self (archive footage)

2019-05-15 0

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing resp ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1983-10-09 5

Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família

A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1976-05-01 5

Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry of Education on the chores of the men who worked in ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Narrator (voice)

1976-05-01 5

Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry of Education on the chores of the men who worked in ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

1987-09-14 5

Vianinha

Genre :Documentary

Himself

2010-01-01 0

Formas do Afeto

An affective approach to the relationship between Mário Pedrosa, one of the greatest art critics of the 20th century, and some of the most important Brazilian artists takes the viewer on a journey thr ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2013-05-19 0

Darcy, um Brasileiro

Darcy Ribeiro was a renowned anthropologist, politician and writer. In this documentary, Maria Maia seeks to expose a bit of his personality with testimonials from friends, collaborators and speeches ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2019-07-11 0

Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta

The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by his personal friend Silvio Tendler, based on his most acclaimed work: Poema Sujo. In addition to addre ...
Genre :Documentary

himself

2015-04-11 8.167

Estrada de Sonhos

Genre :Documentary

2010-01-01 10

The Inventor of Dreams

Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s. ...
Genre :Documentary, Drama

Narrator

1991-12-31 6.9

The Memory Thread

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrador

1984-01-01 0

Memórias da Vida e do Trabalho

Genre :Documentary

Narrador

1978-01-01 0

Waldemar Henrique canta Belém

Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2005-01-01 0

A Degola Fatal

Genre :

Self

2008-09-29 0

A Paixão Segundo Callado

Callado said he had to leave Brazil to get to know Brazil. His six-year trip to England and France during World War II sparked a "hunger for Brazil." As a journalist, he traveled to the "geographic ce ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (voice)

2023-10-06 6.4

They Shot the Piano Player

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976. ...
Genre :Animation, Drama, History

Self

2010-03-04 7

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed

The movie "Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed" shows the path of the dramaturgo Augusto Boal at the creation of a theatre that has as objective to transform those who participate it in a sp ...
Genre :Documentary