João Ubaldo Ribeiro
- Acting
- January 23, 1941 · Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
- July 18, 2014
Biography
João Ubaldo Osório Pimentel Ribeiro ComM (Itaparica, January 23, 1941 — Rio de Janeiro, July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer and winner of the 2008 Camões Prize. Ubaldo Ribeiro had some works adapted for television and cinema, in addition to being distinguished in other countries, such as Germany. He is the author of novels such as Sargento Getúlio, O Sorriso do Lagarto, A Casa dos Budas Ditosos, which caused controversy and was banned in some establishments, and Viva o Povo Brasileiro, the latter of which was highlighted as a samba-enredo by the samba school Império da Tijuca, during the 1987 Carnival.
Known for
Filmography
- Contra o Veneno Peçonhento do Cão Danado · Ele mesmo
- Minha Estupidez
- Domingos · Self
- A Paixão Segundo Callado · Self
- Faça Sua História · Creator
- Faça Sua História · Writer
- Português - A Língua do Brasil
- Celebrity · Self
- Língua - Vidas em Português · Self
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth · Self
- God Is Brazilian · Screenplay, Short Story
- Window of the Soul · Self
- Brava Gente · Novel, Writer
- Tieta of Agreste · Screenplay
- Jorge Amado · Self
- O Compadre de Ogum · Writer
- O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus · Writer
- O Sorriso do Lagarto · Novel
- No Tempo de Glauber
- Sargento Getúlio · Novel, Screenplay
- Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
- The Age of the Earth · Self