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.
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Acting History
2025
Inhabiting Time
2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
2019The Method as Self
2019A Treat of Coutinho as Self
2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
2015Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
2015Sete Visitas as Self
2015Last Conversations as Self
2013Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro as Himself
2011Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira as Self
2010Destiny River as Dr. Ricardo
2009Moscow as Self
2009Coutinho.doc - Apartamento 608
2008Capturing Reality as Self
2008Critic as Self
20041964: 40 Years After
2002Master, a Building in Copacabana as Interviewer
2002Madame Satã as Juiz
2001Babilônia 2000 as Self
2001Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
1999The Mighty Spirit as Self - Interviewer
1997Dib as Self
1991The Memory Thread as Himself (Voice)
1984Twenty Years Later as Himself
1972Câncer
1967The Girl from Ipanema
1963The Beggars
—Coutinho Reporter as hinself