- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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 th…
Filmography
movieThe Secret Agent
2025 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieSleep with Your Eyes Open
2024 · Producer
movieHeartless
2024 · Producer
movieSeu Cavalcanti
2024 · Producer
movieRoom 999
2023 · Self
moviePictures of Ghosts
2023 · Self / Narrator, Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director
movieBacurau no Mapa
2019 · Self, Director
movieAzougue Nazareth
2019 · Associate Producer
moviePassages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019
movieBacurau
2019 · Director, Writer
movieAquarius
2016 · Director, Screenplay
movieRecife, Cidade Roubada
2014 · ele mesmo
movieLove Film Festival
2014 · Himself
movieThe World Cup in Recife
2014 · Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer
movieNeighboring Sounds
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
movieMens Sana in Corpore Sano
2011 · Producer
movieJogo sem Gandula
2011 · Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieCold Tropics
2009 · Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
movieCritic
2008 · Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound
movieOcidente
2008 · Executive Producer
movieDécimo Segundo
2007 · Sound Editor
movieFriday Night, Saturday Morning
2006 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Story, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer
movieEletrodoméstica
2005 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Sound Editor, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
movieGreen Vinyl
2004 · Director, Sound Designer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor, Screenplay
movieThe Little Cotton Girl
2002 · Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
movieCaged In
1997 · Director, Writer, Additional Photography, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects, Foley Artist
movieLixo nos Canais
1995 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieKeychain
1995 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
moviePeace to This House
1994 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
movieCasa de Imagem
1992 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Additional Photography
movieHomem de Projeção
1992 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieTravelling
1991 · Director, Director of Photography
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Rivers of Dust
movieRivers of Dust
— · Director
movieLuz Industrial Mágica
— · Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography