Ferreira Gullar

Known for: Acting
Born: September 10, 1930, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Died: December 4, 2016
Movies: 59

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.4

Twenty Years Later

1984

6.6

They Shot the Piano Player

2023

7.7

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

1968

6.5

Vinicius de Moraes

2005

7.7

ABC of a Strike

1990

8.8

Absolute Majority

1964

6.9

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

2007

6.3

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

2003

7.6

The Memory Thread

1991

7.6

O Aleijadinho

1978

Filmography

2026	O Peso do Céu Vazio
2024	Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”	Self
2023	They Shot the Piano Player	Self (voice)
2019	Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta	Self
2019	Memórias do Grupo Opinião	Self (archive footage)
2017	Gabeira	Self
2015	Estrada de Sonhos	himself
2014	Plano B
2014	O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
2013	Dossiê Jango	Self
2013	Darcy, um Brasileiro	Self
2013	Bonfanti
2010	Poema Sujo	Self
2010	Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed	Self
2010	Formas do Afeto	Himself
2010	The Inventor of Dreams
2009	Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão	Self
2009	A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta
2009	Utopia and Barbarism
2008	A Paixão Segundo Callado	Self
2007	Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air	Self
2005	Vinicius de Moraes	Self
2005	João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece	Self
2005	A Degola Fatal	Self (archive footage)
2004	1964: 40 Years After
2003	Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth	Self (voice)
2002	Poeta de Sete Faces	Self
2000	Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil
1997	Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado	Narrator (voice)
1997	The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes	Himself
1991	The Memory Thread	Narrator
1990	ABC of a Strike	Narrator
1987	Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol	Narrador
1987	Vianinha
1987	Images of the Unconscious	Narrator (voice)
1984	Twenty Years Later	Narrator
1984	Memórias da Vida e do Trabalho	Narrador
1983	Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família	Self
1981	Iya-Mi-Agbá	Narrator
1979	HO	Self
1978	Plantar nas Estrelas	narrador
1978	O Aleijadinho	Narrator
1978	Waldemar Henrique canta Belém	Narrador
1976	Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar	Narrator (voice)
1976	Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau	Narrator (voice)
1972	Câncer	Self
1970	The Heirs	Davi Martins
1970	The Language of Persuasion	Narrador
1969	O Guesa	Narrador
1968	On Borrowed Time	Chefe da redação
1968	Desesperato
1968	Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City	Narrator (voice)
1966	Lima Barreto: Trajetória	Narrador
1964	Absolute Majority	Narrator (voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2015	Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme	Screenplay
2015	Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme	Writer
1990	ABC of a Strike	Writer
1978	Waldemar Henrique canta Belém	Screenplay
1971	Em Família	Writer

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