Portrait of Glauber Rocha

Directing

Glauber Rocha

Career

Active from 1959 to 2024, with a break from 1981 to 2014, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Black God, White Devil
Black God, White Devil
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Glauber Rocha Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    0.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.5, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Glauber Rocha 3
  • Complex Narrative 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Brazilian Cinema Novo 2
  • Existential Struggle 2
  • Brazilian Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Satirical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Ensaios Sobre Helena
Ensaios Sobre Helena (2025)

Original Concept

Golpe de Vista
Golpe de Vista (2024)

as (archive footage)

2010s

2 titles
Life is Strange
Life is Strange (2015)

Director of Photography

El Viaje Glauber
El Viaje Glauber (2015)

as Ele mesmo

1990s

1 title
Entangling Shadows
Entangling Shadows (1998)

as (voice)

1980s

1 title · average score 62
The Age of the Earth
The Age of the Earth (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Producer

1970s

13 titles · average score 60
Jorge Amado no Cinema
Jorge Amado no Cinema (1979)

Director

Abertura
Abertura (1979)

Director

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narrator

The Guns and the People
The Guns and the People (1977)

Director

Claro
Claro (1975)

Writer, Producer

History of Brazil
History of Brazil (1974)

Writer, Director

Câncer
Câncer (1972)

Director, Producer

The Lion Has Seven Heads
The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971)
GoodWatch score 61

Editor, Director

Tatu Bola
Tatu Bola (1971)

Co-Director

Cutting Heads
Cutting Heads (1970)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Screenstory

Diario Spagnolo
Diario Spagnolo (1970)

as Él mismo

Wind from the East
Wind from the East (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

as (uncredited)

1960s

14 titles · average score 72
Antonio das Mortes
Antonio das Mortes (1969)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Producer

Brazil Year 2000
Brazil Year 2000 (1969)

Producer

1968
1968 (1968)

Director

Entranced Earth
Entranced Earth (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Screenplay

The Girl from Ipanema
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)

Story

Maranhão 66
Maranhão 66 (1966)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Amazonas, Amazonas
Amazonas, Amazonas (1966)

Director, Writer

Plantation Boy
Plantation Boy (1966)

Producer

Simon of the Desert
Simon of the Desert (1965)
GoodWatch score 90

as Man in nightclub (uncredited)

Black God, White Devil
Black God, White Devil (1964)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Associate Producer

The Turning Wind
The Turning Wind (1962)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay, Director

A Grande Feira
A Grande Feira (1961)

as Homem empurrando mulher

1950s

2 titles · average score 63
O Pátio
O Pátio (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer, Writer

Cruz na Praça
Cruz na Praça (1959)

Director