Eduardo Coutinho
Directing·May 11, 1933·† February 2, 2014 — 80 years old·São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Known For
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2025Inhabiting Time2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalSelf (archive footage)2019The MethodSelf2019A Treat of CoutinhoSelf2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoSelf (archive footage)2015Tudo Por Amor ao CinemaSelf2015Sete VisitasSelf2015Last ConversationsSelf · Director2014Sobreviventes de GalileiaDirector2014Fifty Years LaterDirector2013Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubroHimself2011SongsDirector · Writer2011Coutinho Reporterhinself2011Uma Visita Para Elizabeth TeixeiraSelf2010A Day in the LifeDirector · Writer · Editor2010Destiny RiverTVDr. Ricardo2009Coutinho.doc - Apartment 6082009MoscowSelf · Director2008Capturing RealitySelf2008CriticSelf2007PlayingInterviewer · Screenplay · Director2006The End and the BeginningDirector · Associate Producer2004MetalworkersDirector20041964: 40 Years After2002Master, a Building in CopacabanaInterviewer · Director · Screenplay2002Madame SatãJuiz2002Oswaldo Cruz na AmazôniaConsulting Producer2001Babilônia 2000Self · Director2001Movie Theaters of RioSelf2000Porrada!Director2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of PassionScreenplay1999The Mighty SpiritSelf - Interviewer · Director · Writer1997DibSelf1997Dá pra Segurar!Director1996Mulheres no FrontDirector1995Seis HistóriasDirector1994Os Romeiros do Padre CíceroDirector1993Ulysses CidadãoWriter1992The ScavengersDirector1992A Lei e a VidaDirector1991The Memory ThreadHimself (Voice) · Director1990O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem?Director1989Volta Redonda – Memorial Da GreveDirector1987Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no MorroDirector1984Twenty Years LaterHimself · Director · Writer · Producer1982O Homem de AreiaWriter1982Índia, a Filha do SolCo-Writer1980Portinari, O Menino de BrodósquiDirector1979Exu, Uma Tragédia SertanejaDirector1978Theodorico, o Imperador do SertãoDirector1977O Pistoleiro de Serra TalhadaDirector1976Dona Flor and Her Two HusbandsScreenplay1976SuperstiçãoDirector1976Seis Dias de OuricuriDirector · Writer1975Love LessonScreenplay1974Os CondenadosScreenplay1972CâncerSelf1971FaustãoDirector · Music · Story · Screenplay1968The Man Who Bought the WorldWriter · Director1967The ABC of LoveDirector1967The Girl from IpanemaScreenplay · Story1965The DeceasedWriter1963The Beggars1962Five Times FavelaProduction Manager1959Le TelephoneDirector