Name
Vinicius de Moraes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-10-19
Deathday
1980-07-09 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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
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Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam...
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New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Franc...
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ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage...
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Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "C...
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Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popu...
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To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner...
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This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, maj...
- 1978 Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius as Himself
- 2005 Vinicius de Moraes as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 Garoto - Vivo Sonhando as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 As nascentes
- 1990 ABC of a Strike as Self
- 2005 Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 They Shot the Piano Player as Self (archive audio)
- 1967 The Girl from Ipanema as Self
- 2013 Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 Phono 73: A Country and its Music as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 Pluft, o Fantasminha
- 1967 Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self
- 1986 Brasília, Uma Sinfonia as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família as Self
- 1978 Musicalmente as Self
- 1980 Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé as Self
- 2001 Toquinho as Self
- 1980 Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque as Self
- 1975 Cyro Monteiro
- 1979 Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music as Self
- 1981 Brasil as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 Música, Poesia e Amor
- 2019 The Crystallization of Brasília as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 Toquinho Maravilhoso as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 Chico: Brazilian Artist as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Otto: De Trás p/ Diante as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova as Self
- 2026 The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 3 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 Samedi soir ( 1 episode ) as Self
