Jorge Amado

Writer

Born: August 10, 1912
Died: August 6, 2001 (age 88)
From: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a…

Filmography (20)

3 Obás de Xangô (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Dê Lembranças a Todos (2018)
Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998)
Self
Tieta of Agreste (1996)
Ele Mesmo
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado (1996)
Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei (1996)
Self
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History (1995)
Self
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo (1994)
Looking Back at You (1993)
Self
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado (1989)
Ele mesmo
O Homem de Areia (1982)
Ele mesmo
Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo (1981)
Jorge Amado no Cinema (1979)
Bahia de Todos os Santos (1974)
Self
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho (1974)
Self
Bahia, For Example (1969)
Self