Eduardo Coutinho

Biography

Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema.

His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.

2015		Last Conversations...Director
2014		Fifty Years Later...Director
2014		Sobreviventes de Galileia...Director
2011		Songs...Director
2010		A Day in the Life...Director
2009		Moscow...Director
2007		Playing...Director
2006		The End and the Beginning...Director
2004		Metalworkers...Director
2002		Master, a Building in Copacabana...Director
2001		Babilônia 2000...Director
2000		Porrada!...Director
1999		The Mighty Spirit...Director
1997		Dá pra Segurar!...Director
1996		Mulheres no Front...Director
1995		Seis Histórias...Director
1994		Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero...Director
1992		The Scavengers...Director
1992		A Lei e a Vida...Director
1991		The Memory Thread...Director
1990		O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem?...Director
1989		Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve...Director
1987		Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro...Director
1984		Twenty Years Later...Director
1980		Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui...Director
1979		Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja...Director
1978		Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão...Director
1977		O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada...Director
1976		Superstição...Director
1976		Seis Dias de Ouricuri...Director
1971		Faustão...Director
1968		The Man Who Bought the World...Director
1967		The ABC of Love...Director
1959		Le Telephone...Director

Writing

2011		Songs...Writer
2010		A Day in the Life...Writer
2007		Playing...Screenplay
2002		Master, a Building in Copacabana...Screenplay
2000		Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion...Screenplay
1999		The Mighty Spirit...Writer
1993		Ulysses Cidadão...Writer
1984		Twenty Years Later...Writer
1982		O Homem de Areia...Writer
1982		Índia, a Filha do Sol...Co-Writer
1976		Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands...Screenplay
1976		Seis Dias de Ouricuri...Writer
1975		Love Lesson...Screenplay
1974		Os Condenados...Screenplay
1971		Faustão...Screenplay
1971		Faustão...Story
1968		The Man Who Bought the World...Writer
1967		The Girl from Ipanema...Screenplay
1967		The Girl from Ipanema...Story
1965		The Deceased...Writer

Editing

2010

A Day in the Life...Editor

Production

2006		The End and the Beginning...Associate Producer
2002		Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia...Consulting Producer
1984		Twenty Years Later...Producer
1962		Five Times Favela...Production Manager

Sound

1971

Faustão...Music

Acting

2025		Inhabiting Timeas
2020		Candango: Memoirs from a Festivalas Self (archive footage)
2019		The Methodas Self
2019		A Treat of Coutinhoas Self
2019		Memórias do Grupo Opiniãoas Self (archive footage)
2015		Tudo Por Amor ao Cinemaas Self
2015		Sete Visitasas Self
2015		Last Conversationsas Self
2013		Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubroas Himself
2011		Coutinho Reporteras hinself
2011		Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeiraas Self
2010		Destiny Riveras Dr. Ricardo
2009		Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608as
2009		Moscowas Self
2008		Capturing Realityas Self
2008		Criticas Self
2007		Playingas Interviewer
2004		1964: 40 Years Afteras
2002		Master, a Building in Copacabanaas Interviewer
2002		Madame Satãas Juiz
2001		Babilônia 2000as Self
2001		Movie Theaters of Rioas Self
1999		The Mighty Spiritas Self - Interviewer
1997		Dibas Self
1991		The Memory Threadas Himself (Voice)
1984		Twenty Years Lateras Himself
1972		Cânceras Self
1967		The Girl from Ipanemaas
1963		The Beggarsas