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
Complete Filmography
Teste: Ou a Consciência da Tensão
2025
Sound
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original recor...
Toquinho Maravilhoso
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language with...
Noah's Ark
2024
Author
A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark: Vini, a charismatic poet with terrible stage fright, and Tito, a talented and charming guitarist. When the...
Language of the Infinite Cycle of All Things
2023
Writer
There is no disorder in nature, we just don't understand it’s language.
They Shot the Piano Player
2023
as Self (archive audio)
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist wh...
Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020
as Self (archive footage)
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-...
The Crystallization of Brasília
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Fourth chapter of the "Atlas", "The Crystallization of Brasília" explores the ideia of the future as a petrified past. In an accelerated geological ti...
Chico: Brazilian Artist
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels...
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The documentary is an investigation into the life of Mario Wallace Simosen, a man who commanded conglomerates of several companies and was threatened ...
Vinicius de Moraes
2005
as Self (archive footage)
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above...
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Universal Music) meets in three nights to protest aga...
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Toquinho
2001
as Self
Orfeu
1999
Music, Theatre Play
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood...
As nascentes
1993
ABC of a Strike
1990
as Self
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded direc...
Brasília, Uma Sinfonia
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984
Theatre Play, Music
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl...
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
1983
as Self
A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.
Brasil
1981
as Self (archive footage)
João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque
1980
as Self
The life and work of Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet Chico Buarque de Hollanda.
Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé
1980
as Self
Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel
1979
Songs
The loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
1979
as Self
Musicalmente
1978
as Self
Witness here a historical moment of Brazilian music. At the end of the 70’s, Vinícius de Moraes, Toquinho, Tom Jobim and Miúcha took off to Italy, to ...
Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius
1978
as Himself
Legendary bossa nova artists Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Toquinho demonstrate on stage why this infectious Brazilian musical ...
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
1977
Book
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
Marília e Marina
1976
Original Music Composer
Carioca Tigre
1976
Music
Música, poesia e amor
1976
Cyro Monteiro
1975
Doomed Lovers
1967
Writer
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its ...
The Girl from Ipanema
1967
as Self
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend ...
The Girl from Ipanema
1967
Story, Music Coordinator, Associate Producer
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend ...
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
as Self
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New ...
Sol Sobre a Lama
1963
Original Music Composer
A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.
The Dead at the Phone
1963
Music
This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By nigh...
Pluft, o Fantasminha
1962
It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.
Blue and White
1962
Director
According to Brazilian journalist and biographer Ruy Castro, Vinicius de Moraes directed a short film in the second half of 1962 titled Azul e Branco ...
Black Orpheus
1959
Theatre Play
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fianc...