Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 14, 1939 ( 42 years old )
Place of Birth
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Glauber Rocha
Glauber Rocha’s avant-garde films depict Brazil’s history and upheavals in its social and political scene in a stylized, often violent manner. He began his career as a journalist and film critic, and his first short film, Pátio (1959), caught the attention of critics and prompted his rise to fame. He studied Law. He also directed theatre pieces, wrote movie critics and took part in the creation and development of the Cinema Novo (New Cinema) movement in Rio de Janeiro, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After Barravento (1962), Black God, White Devil (1964), Entranced Earth (1967) and Antonio das Mortes (1969), he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of May 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. Rocha was at odds politically with Brazil’s rulers, and his conflicts with Brazilian authorities led to his leaving the country in 1970. He filmed in Africa, Spain and Portugal, and returned to Brazil in the late 1970s, where he also hosted the popular politics TV show Abertura. His last film was the controversial The Age of the Earth (1980).
Known For
O Bom Cinema
2021-03-18O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2014-04-02A Mulher da Luz Própria
2019-06-06ORG
1979-08-31Diário de Sintra
2008-05-11Rocha Que Voa
2002-08-04Candango: Memórias do Festival
2020-10-22Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil
2003-09-17Soy Cuba, o mamute Siberiano
2005-04-14