Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.

KNOWN FOR

Destiny River
2010
1964: 40 Years After
2004
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
Madame Satã
2002
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
Faustão
1971
Twenty Years Later
1984
Capturing Reality
2008
The Memory Thread
1991
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
A Day in the Life
2010
Moscow
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
29
Directing
34
Writing
20
Producing
4
Editing
1
Sound
1
2025
Inhabiting Time
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Method
as Self
2019
A Treat of Coutinho
as Self
2015
Last Conversations
as Self
2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
2015
Sete Visitas
as Self
2013
Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro
as Himself
2011
Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira
as Self
2011
Coutinho Reporter
as hinself
2010
Destiny River
as Dr. Ricardo
2009
Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608
2009
Moscow
as Self
2008
Capturing Reality
as Self
2008
Critic
as Self
2007
Playing
as Interviewer
2004
1964: 40 Years After
2002
Madame Satã
as Juiz
2002
Master, a Building in Copacabana
as Interviewer
2001
Babilônia 2000
as Self
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
as Self
1999
The Mighty Spirit
as Self - Interviewer
1997
Dib
as Self
1991
The Memory Thread
as Himself (Voice)
1984
Twenty Years Later
as Himself
1972
Câncer
as Self
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
1963
The Beggars