Glauber Rocha(1939-1981)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
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.
