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.

Known For

Babilônia 2000

Twenty Years Later

Câncer

Last Conversations

Sete Visitas

Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608

Critic

Master, a Building in Copacabana

Playing

Acting

2001

Babilônia 2000

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Self

1984

Twenty Years Later

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Himself

1991

The Memory Thread

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Himself (Voice)

2013

Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro

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Himself

2020

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

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Self (archive footage)

1972

Câncer

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2015

Last Conversations

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Self

2002

Madame Satã

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Juiz

1999

The Mighty Spirit

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Self - Interviewer

2015

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema

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Self

2019

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

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Self (archive footage)

2004

1964: 40 Years After

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1967

The Girl from Ipanema

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1963

The Beggars

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2019

The Method

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Self

2001

Movie Theaters of Rio

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Self

1997

Dib

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Self

2015

Sete Visitas

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Self

2009

Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608

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2008

Capturing Reality

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Self

2008

Critic

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Self

2011

Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira

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Self

2019

A Treat of Coutinho

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Self

2011

Coutinho Reporter

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hinself

2002

Master, a Building in Copacabana

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Interviewer

2025

Inhabiting Time

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2009

Moscow

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Self

2007

Playing

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Interviewer

Destiny River

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Dr. Ricardo

Production

1962

Five Times Favela

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1984

Twenty Years Later

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2006

The End and the Beginning

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2002

Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia

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Crew

Directing

2002

Master, a Building in Copacabana

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1984

Twenty Years Later

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2007

Playing

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2009

Moscow

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1991

The Memory Thread

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1999

The Mighty Spirit

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2006

The End and the Beginning

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2010

A Day in the Life

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1993

The Scavengers

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1971

Faustão

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1968

The Man Who Bought the World

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2011

Songs

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1978

Theodorico, o Imperador do Sertão

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1987

Santa Marta: Duas Semanas no Morro

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2001

Babilônia 2000

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2004

Metalworkers

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2014

Fifty Years Later

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2014

Sobreviventes de Galileia

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1976

Seis Dias de Ouricuri

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2015

Last Conversations

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2000

Porrada!

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1979

Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja

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1977

O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada

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1994

Os Romeiros do Padre Cícero

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1989

Volta Redonda – Memorial Da Greve

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1990

O Jogo da Dívida: Quem Deve a Quem?

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1992

A Lei e a Vida

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1976

Superstição

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1997

Dá pra Segurar!

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1980

Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui

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1995

Seis Histórias

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1996

Mulheres no Front

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1967

The ABC of Love

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1959

Le Telephone

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