Geraldo Sarno
DirectingGeraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and film director. Born in Poções, after studying law at the Universidad del Salvador Sarno moved to São Paulo where he became an assistant of Thomaz Farkas. He made his directorial debut in 1965 with the Farkas-produced Viramundo, about the internal migration in north-east Brazil, which was one of the major themes in his documentary career. Among Sarno's best known works was the critically acclaimed film Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1978), a mix between documentary and fiction which has been described as "the last really significant title of the Cinema Novo movement". In 2008, he won the award for best direction at the Brasília Film Festival for the film Tudo Isto Me Parece Um Sonho, while in 2010 his film O Último Romance de Balzac was awarded the Special Jury Award at the Gramado Film Festival.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Viramundo
Director
Sertânia
Director
True Brazil
Director
A Linguagem do Cinema
Writer
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
Producer
Semana de Arte Moderna
Director
Balzac's Last Novel
Director
Ana Carolina no País do Cinema
Director
Mídia, mentiras e democracia: zona de fronteira
Director
Colonel Delmiro Gouveia
Director
A Cantoria
Director
Tudo Isto Me Parece um Sonho
Director
Vitalino/Lampião
Director
O Picapau Amarelo
Director
Padre Cícero
Director
Casa Grande e Senzala
Director
Dramática Popular
Director
Viva Cariri
Writer
Deus é um Fogo
Director
Os Imaginários
Director
50 minutos e 23 segundos com Júlio Bressane
Director
O côco do Macalé
Director
Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
Director
Monteiro Lobato
Director
Espaço Sagrado
Director
A Terra Queima
Director
O Engenho
Screenplay
Casa de Farinha
Director
A Linguagem do Cinema II
Director
Auto de Vitória
Director
Segunda-Feira
Director
Iaô: A iniciação num terreiro Gege Nagô
Writer
Jornal do Sertão
Director
Plantar nas Estrelas
Writer
Roda & Outras Estórias
Writer