Vinicius de Moraes
- Acting
- October 19, 1913 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- July 9, 1980
Biography
(October 19, 1913 – July 9, 1980), also known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright who later became a seminal figure in modern Brazilian music and literature. He served as a diplomat; composed his own bossa nova music; and as an interpreter of his own lyrics, recorded several albums.
Known for
Filmography
- The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova · Self
- Teste: Ou a Consciência da Tensão · Sound
- Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius · Self
- Toquinho Maravilhoso · Self
- Noah's Ark · Author
- Language of the Infinite Cycle of All Things · Writer
- They Shot the Piano Player · Self
- Otto: De Trás p/ Diante · Self
- Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova · Self
- Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man · Self
- Garoto - Vivo Sonhando · Self
- The Crystallization of Brasília · Narrator (Voice)
- Chico: Brazilian Artist · Self
- Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História · Self
- Vinicius de Moraes · Self
- Phono 73: A Country and its Music · Self
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova · Self
- Toquinho · Self
- Orfeu · Music, Theatre Play
- As nascentes
- ABC of a Strike · Self
- Brasília, Uma Sinfonia · Self
- Para Viver Um Grande Amor · Theatre Play, Music
- Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família · Self
- Brasil · Self
- Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque · Self
- Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé · Self
- Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel · Songs
- Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music · Self
- Musicalmente · Self
- Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius · Self
- Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber · Novel
- Marília e Marina · Music
- Carioca Tigre · Music
- Música, Poesia e Amor
- Cyro Monteiro
- Fogo Sobre Terra · Music Director
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Nossa Filha Gabriela · Music
- Samedi soir · Self
- Doomed Lovers · Writer
- The Girl from Ipanema · Self, Story
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo · Self
- Sol Sobre a Lama · Music
- The Dead at the Phone · Music
- Pluft, o Fantasminha
- Blue and White · Director
- Black Orpheus · Theatre Play