question: Which film director was from Brazil, Aleksander Ford or Nelson Pereira dos Santos?
answer: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
context: Title: Tenda dos Milagres (film)
  Passage: Tenda dos Milagres is a 1977 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, based on the novel of the same name by Jorge Amado.  It stars Hugo Carvana, Sonia Dias and Severino Dada.  The director satirizes and exposes racism in Brazilian society.  The most notable example where this is done is in a flashback scene where Brazilians are shown listening with approving interest to Nazi race theories in the late 1930s.  "Tenda dos Milagres" was shot in Salvador, Bahia.
  Title: Memoirs of Prison
  Passage: Memoirs of Prison (Portuguese: Memórias do Cárcere ) is a 1984 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  It is based on "Memórias do Cárcere" an autobiographical novel by Graciliano Ramos, about the period he was incarcerated during the Vargas Era.  The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  Title: The Amulet of Ogum
  Passage: The Amulet of Ogum (Portuguese: O Amuleto de Ogum ) is a 1974 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.  It was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  Title: Hunger for Love
  Passage: Hunger for Love (Portuguese: "Fome de Amor" ) is a 1968 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.
  Title: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
  Passage: Nelson Pereira dos Santos (born 22 October 1928) is a Brazilian film director.  He directed films such as "Vidas Secas" (Barren Lives), based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
  Title: The Alienist (film)
  Passage: The Alienist (Portuguese: Azyllo Muito Louco , also known as "O Alienista") is a 1970 Brazilian comedy film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  The film was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
  Title: Aleksander Ford
  Passage: Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, United States) was a Polish Jewish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II.  Ford became director of the nationalized Film Polski company following the Red Army occupation of Poland.
  Title: Rio, 100 Degrees F.
  Passage: Rio, 100 Degrees F "(Portuguese: Rio, 40 Graus") is a 1955 Brazilian film written and directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  It is dos Santos' first feature work, inspired by the Italian Neo-Realism, and is considered a precursor of the Cinema Novo movement.
  Title: Tent of Miracles (novel)
  Passage: Tent of Miracles (Portuguese: "Tenda dos Milagres" ) is a Brazilian Modernist novel.  It was written by Jorge Amado in 1967 and published the following year.  It was later adapted to a 1977 Cinema Novo (Nouvelle Vague) film by director/screenplay writer Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
  Title: The Third Bank of the River
  Passage: The Third Bank of the River (Portuguese: A Terceira Margem do Rio ) is a 1994 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.  It is based on the short stories "A Menina de Lá", "Os Irmãos Dagobé", "Fatalidade", "Seqüência", and "A Terceira Margem do Rio" by João Guimarães Rosa compiled into the book "Primeiras Estórias".  It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.
citations: Nelson Pereira dos Santos Aleksander Ford