Glauber Rocha

director, writer, producer

Glauber Rocha was born on Mar 14, 1939 in Brazil. Glauber Rocha's big-screen debut came with The Turning Wind directed by Glauber Rocha in 1962. Glauber Rocha is known for Entranced Earth directed by Glauber Rocha, Jardel Filho stars as Paulo Martins and Paulo Autran as Porfirio Diaz. Glauber Rocha has got 5 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Glauber Rocha achieved is Festival Aruanda do Audiovisual Brasileiro. The upcoming new movie Glauber Rocha plays is The Age of the Earth which will be released on Nov 17, 1980.

He studied Law. He also directed theatre pieces, wrote movie criticisms and took part in the creation and development of the 'cinema novo' movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After "Barravento (1962)", a trilogy of films and "Antonio das Mortes (1969)" he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of the May of 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. But when he started to film in Africa and Spain his followers were distracted and this marked the beginning of the decline of his fame. Thus, he only made a couple of films of minor interest later on.