Kleber Mendonça Filho

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Montatore, Attore

22 novembre 1968 (57 anni)
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.

Famoso per

  • L'agente segreto
    L'agente segreto2025
  • Bacurau
    Bacurau2019
  • Aquarius
    Aquarius2016
  • Il suono intorno
    Il suono intorno2012
  • Pictures of Ghosts
    Pictures of Ghosts2023
  • Green Vinyl
    Green Vinyl2004
  • Cold Tropics
    Cold Tropics2009
  • Heartless
    Heartless2023
  • Eletrodoméstica
    Eletrodoméstica2005
  • Crítico
    Crítico2008
  • Friday Night Saturday Morning
    Friday Night Saturday Morning2006
  • The Little Cotton Girl
    The Little Cotton Girl2002
  • Azougue Nazaré
    Azougue Nazaré2018
  • Dormir De Olhos Abertos
    Dormir De Olhos Abertos2024
  • Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
    Mens Sana in Corpore Sano2011
  • Seu Cavalcanti
    Seu Cavalcanti2024

Filmografia

2025
2023
2019
2016
Aquarius · as Screenplay
2012
Neighboring Sounds · as Screenplay
2009
2008
Crítico · as Screenplay
2006
2005
Eletrodoméstica · as Screenplay
2004
Green Vinyl · as Screenplay
2002
The Little Cotton Girl · as Screenplay

2026
83rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Recipient
2026
2023
Room 999 · as Self
2023
Pictures of Ghosts · as Self / Narrator
2019
Bacurau no Mapa · as Self
2017
2016
2016
2016
2014
Love Film Festival · as Himself
2008
Crítico · as Self (voice)
1998
1997
Leute heute · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1976
César Awards · as Self - Nominee
1973
Fantástico · as Self
1953
1944
Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee

2023
Pictures of Ghosts · as Sound Designer
2012
Neighboring Sounds · as Sound Designer
2009
Cold Tropics · as Director Of Photography
2008
Crítico · as Cinematographer
2008
Crítico · as Sound
2008
Crítico · as Animation
2006
Friday Night Saturday Morning · as Director Of Photography
2006
Friday Night Saturday Morning · as Sound Recordist
2005
Eletrodoméstica · as Sound Editor
2004
Green Vinyl · as Director Of Photography
2004
Green Vinyl · as Sound Designer
2002
The Little Cotton Girl · as Director Of Photography
2002