Kleber Mendonça Filhoborn 1968

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Director

Popularity

0.2

Famous

Biography

Kleber Mendonça Filho (born 1968) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic, born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 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.

Credits

The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent

2025

Drama • History • Thriller

Director, Producer, Screenplay

3.4
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Sleep with Your Eyes Open

2024

Comedy • Drama

Producer

5
0.3
Heartless
Heartless

2024

Drama

Producer

7
0.4
Seu Cavalcanti
Seu Cavalcanti

2024

Documentary

Producer

0.1
Pictures of Ghosts
Pictures of Ghosts

2023

Documentary

Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director

8.1
0.4
Bacurau no Mapa
Bacurau no Mapa

2019

Documentary

Director

8.1
0.1
Azougue Nazareth
Azougue Nazareth

2019

Drama

Associate Producer

6.6
0.1
Bacurau
Bacurau

2019

Mystery • Thriller • Western

Director, Writer

7.7
1.3
Aquarius
Aquarius

2016

Drama

Director, Screenplay

7.5
0.7
The World Cup in Recife
The World Cup in Recife

2014

Documentary

Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer

7
0.2
Neighboring Sounds
Neighboring Sounds

2012

Crime • Drama • Thriller

Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor, Director

7.1
0.4
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

2011

Horror • Thriller

Producer

7.5
0.1
Jogo Sem Gandula
Jogo Sem Gandula

2011

Director, Writer

8.5
0.1
Cold Tropics
Cold Tropics

2009

Science Fiction

Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director

7.6
0.1
Luz Industrial Mágica
Luz Industrial Mágica

2008

Documentary

Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography

0.2
Critic
Critic

2008

Documentary

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound

7.9
0.4
Ocidente
Ocidente

2008

Drama

Executive Producer

0.1
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Friday Night, Saturday Morning

2007

Drama • Romance

Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Director

5.4
0.1
Décimo Segundo
Décimo Segundo

2007

Sound Editor

0
Eletrodoméstica
Eletrodoméstica

2005

Comedy

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Sound Editor

6.4
0.1
Green Vinyl
Green Vinyl

2004

Drama • Fantasy • Horror

Director, Sound Designer, Still Photographer, Writer, Executive Producer, Sound Editor, Director of Photography, Editor

6.5
0.3
The Little Cotton Girl
The Little Cotton Girl

2002

Fantasy • Horror

Director, Editor

3.3
0.1
Caged In
Caged In

1997

Drama • Horror • Thriller

Writer, Director

5.2
0
Keychain
Keychain

1995

Mystery

Director, Screenplay, Editor

0
Peace to This House
Peace to This House

1994

Documentary

Director, Sound Editor, Cinematography, Producer

8
0
Travelling
Travelling

1991

Camera Operator, Director

2
0
Lixo nos Canais
Lixo nos Canais

1995

Documentary

Director, Editor, Writer

0
Casa de Imagem
Casa de Imagem

1992

Documentary

Director, Writer

7
0.1
Homem de Projeção
Homem de Projeção

1992

Documentary

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer

6
0.1

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