Ruy Guerra

Ruy Guerra was born on Aug 22, 1931 in Mozambique]. Ruy Guerra's big-screen debut came with The Guns directed by Ruy Guerra in 1964. Ruy Guerra is known for Casa de Areia directed by Andrucha Waddington, Fernanda Montenegro stars as Dona Maria and Fernanda Torres as Áurea. Ruy Guerra has got 12 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Ruy Guerra achieved is Gramado Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ruy Guerra plays is Casa de Areia which will be released on May 13, 2005.

Ruy Guerra left his studies in Portugal for to go to the School of Cinema in Paris. After having worked as assistant for various French directors he moved to Brasil and participated with his first two films in the birth of the "Cinema Novo": "Os Cafajestes (1962)" and "Os Fuzis (1964)" which won some international prizes. After an intermediate time in France where he made "Sweet Hunters (1969)" he returned to Brazil and went on filming there.