(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.

Filmography

• 2025Teste: Ou a Consciência da Tensão — Sound
• 2024Noah's Ark — Author
• 2023Language of the Infinite Cycle of All Things — Writer
• 2019The Crystallization of Brasília — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Orfeu — Music, Theatre Play
• 1993As nascentes
• 1984Para Viver Um Grande Amor — Theatre Play, Music
• 1979Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel — Songs
• 1977Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber — Book
• 1976Carioca Tigre — Music
• 1976Marília e Marina — Original Music Composer
• 1976Música, Poesia e Amor
• 1975Cyro Monteiro
• Fogo Sobre Terra — Music Director
• Nossa Filha Gabriela — Music
• 1967Doomed Lovers — Writer
• 1967The Girl from Ipanema — Self, Story, Music Coordinator, Associate Producer
• 1963Sol Sobre a Lama — Original Music Composer
• 1963The Dead at the Phone — Music
• 1962Blue and White — Director
• 1962Pluft, o Fantasminha
• 1959Black Orpheus — Theatre Play

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2026The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova — Self
• 2024Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Toquinho Maravilhoso — Self (archive footage)
• 2023They Shot the Piano Player — Self (archive audio)
• 2022Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova — Self
• 2022Otto: De Trás p/ Diante — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Garoto - Vivo Sonhando — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Chico: Brazilian Artist — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Phono 73: A Country and its Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Vinicius de Moraes — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Toquinho — Self
• 1990ABC of a Strike — Self
• 1986Brasília, Uma Sinfonia — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família — Self
• 1981Brasil — Self (archive footage)
• 1980Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque — Self
• 1980Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé — Self
• 1979Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music — Self
• 1978Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius — Himself
• 1978Musicalmente — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self (archive footage)
• Samedi soir — Self
• 1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo — Self