Glauber Rocha
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 Na Terra do Sol, Terra em Transe and O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro, are often listed as some of the best Brazilian films of all time.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1939-03-14 · Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
- Died
- 1981-08-22
Known for
- Simon of the Desert (1965) — Man in nightclub (uncredited)
- Black God, White Devil (1964) — Writer
- Entranced Earth (1967) — Director
- Antonio das Mortes (1969) — Production Design
- The Turning Wind (1962) — Director
- The Age of the Earth (1980) — Self (uncredited)
- The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971) — Director
- Wind from the East (1970) — (uncredited)
- Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber (1977) — Narrator
- Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Tropicália (2012) — Self (archive footage)
- I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005) — Self (archive footage)
- O Pátio (1959) — Director
- Maranhão 66 (1966) — Director
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
- ORG (1979) — Self (archive footage)