- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 30, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Died
- August 16, 2008
Dorival Caymmi
Dorival Caymmi (Salvador, April 30, 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, poet, painter and actor, active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular brasileira. Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Caymmi composed about 100 songs in his lifetime, and many of his works are now considered to be Brazilian classics. Both Brazilian and non-Brazilian musicians have covered his songs. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote that Caymmi was "perhaps second only to Antônio Carlos Jobim in 'establishing a songbook of [the 20th] cen…
Filmography
movie3 Obás de Xangô
2025 · Self (archive footage), Music
movieNas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieDorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieDorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieDê Lembranças a Todos
2018 · Self (archive footage)
moviePaulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009 · Self (archive footage)
A Casa do Tom: Mundo, Monde, Mondo
movieA Casa do Tom: Mundo, Monde, Mondo
2007 · Self
movieTaking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert
2005 · Self / Guest - Guitar
tvCelebrity
2003 · Self
Lara
movieLara
2002 · Orchestrator, Music
movieUm Certo Dorival Caymmi
2002 · Self
movieSamba Riachão
2001 · Self
movieIt's All Brazil
1997 · Self
movieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997 · Self
movieBahia de Todos os Sambas
1996 · Self
Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali
movieNosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali
1991 · Self
movieA Embaixatriz do Samba
1991 · Self
Jorge Amado
movieJorge Amado
1989 · Music
movieTalking Cinema
1986 · Self
tvTenda dos Milagres
1985 · Music
movieBrasil
1981 · Self (archive footage)
movieCaterina Valente presents Brazilian music
1979 · Self
movieSítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
1978 · Original Music Composer
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho
movieNa Casa de Rio Vermelho
1974 · Self
movieThe Sandpit Generals
1972 · John Adam
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieDorival Caymmi: Programa Ensaio
1972 · Self
movieBahia, For Example
1969 · Self
movieDangerous Game
1967 · Music
movieThe Girl from Ipanema
1967 · Homem no Carnaval
movieThree Loves in Rio
1959 · Music
movieEstrela da Manhã
1950
moviePureza
1940 · Music
movieBanana-da-Terra
1939