Biografie
Kleber Mendonça Filho graduated in Journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco. He was responsible for the film section of the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation for 18 years and wrote for his hometown’s ‘Jornal do Commercio’ among other media. He is artistic director of the Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife festival and chief film curator at the Instituto Moreira Salles. His short films (The Little Cotton Girl, Green Vinyl, Eletrodoméstica and Cold Tropics) have garnered more than a hundred international awards. In 2012 he won the Fipresci Award at the Rotterdam Festival with his first feature film, Neighboring Sounds, which was Brazil’s nominee for the Oscars. His second feature film, Aquarius (2016), premiered at Cannes and participated in the Official Section at Seminci, and in 2018 he co-directed and co-wrote, together with Juliano Dornelles, Bacurau, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, where Pictures of Ghosts premiered as a special screening in 2023. The film represented Brazil in the race for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
Regisseur
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2019 |
Bacurau |
2016 |
Aquarius |
2012 |
Von großen und kleinen Haien |
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2023 |
Retratos Fantasmas |
2015 |
A Copa do Mundo no Recife |
2008 |
Critico |
Kurzfilme | |
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2009 |
Recife Frio |
2007 |
Friday Night Saturday Morning |
2005 |
Eletrodoméstica |
2004 |
Vinil Verde |
2002 |
Menina do Algodão, A |
1997 |
Enjaulado |
Drehbuchautor
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2019 |
Bacurau |
2016 |
Aquarius |
2012 |
Von großen und kleinen Haien |
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2023 |
Retratos Fantasmas |
2015 |
A Copa do Mundo no Recife |
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2005 |
Eletrodoméstica |
2004 |
Vinil Verde |
1997 |
Enjaulado |
Editor
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2012 |
Von großen und kleinen Haien |
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2015 |
A Copa do Mundo no Recife |
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2005 |
Eletrodoméstica |
Filmtonmeister
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2012 |
Von großen und kleinen Haien |
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2015 |
A Copa do Mundo no Recife |
Produzent
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2024 |
Dormir de olhos abertos |
Schauspieler
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2023 |
Chambre 999 |
2019 |
Passages |
2006 |
Das Leben ist kein Fußballspiel - Auf der Suche nach dem Abseits: Teil 4 - Eine Frage der Perspektive |
Fanklub
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