Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho (born November 22, 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. With a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as a film critic and journalist. As a director, he experimented with fiction, documentary, and video clips in the 1990s. He migrated from video to digital and 35 mm film in the 2000s. Over the course of that decade, he made several short films. "O Som ao Redor" (Neighbouring Sounds, 2013) was Mendonça's first feature-length drama, winning numerous awards. Mendonça's films have received more than 120 awards in Brazil and abroad, with selections in festivals such as New York, Copenhagen and Cannes (Quinzaine des réalisateurs). Film festivals in Rotterdam, Toulouse, and Santa Maria da Feira have presented retrospectives of his films. He has served as programmer of cinema for the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation.
Kleber Mendonça Filho films playing now in Athens
Kleber Mendonça Filho filmography
The Secret Agent
Director, Producer, Writer
Heartless
Producer
Seu Cavalcanti
Producer
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Producer
Room 999
as Self
Pictures of Ghosts
Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director · as Self / Narrator
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019
Bacurau no Mapa
Director · as Self
Azougue Nazareth
Associate Producer
Bacurau
Director, Writer
Aquarius
Director, Screenplay
Recife, Cidade Roubada
as ele mesmo
Love Film Festival
as Himself
The World Cup in Recife
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer
Neighboring Sounds
Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
Jogo sem Gandula
Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Producer
Cold Tropics
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
Critic
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound · as Self (voice)
Ocidente
Executive Producer
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Who is Kleber Mendonça Filho?+
Kleber Mendonça Filho is a distinguished Brazilian filmmaker and former film critic from Recife who is recognized for his socially charged, genre-inflected narratives.
What is Kleber Mendonça Filho known for?+
He is best known for directing acclaimed features such as Bacurau, Aquarius, Neighboring Sounds, and the autobiographical documentary Pictures of Ghosts.
Which institution is Kleber Mendonça Filho associated with?+
He was a key film programmer at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, an institution crucial to the cultural life of Pernambuco.
