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Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Director · Born 1968-11-22 · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Biography

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.

Directed

  1. Bacurau (2019) — Director
  2. The Secret Agent (2025) — Director
  3. Aquarius (2016) — Director
  4. Neighboring Sounds (2012) — Director
  5. Pictures of Ghosts (2023) — Director
  6. Cold Tropics (2009) — Director
  7. Green Vinyl (2004) — Director
  8. Eletrodoméstica (2005) — Director
  9. Critic (2008) — Director
  10. Bacurau no Mapa (2019) — Director
  11. Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2006) — Director
  12. The World Cup in Recife (2014) — Director
  13. The Little Cotton Girl (2002) — Director
  14. Caged In (1997) — Director
  15. Jogo sem Gandula (2011) — Director
  16. Peace to This House (1994) — Director
  17. Homem de Projeção (1992) — Director
  18. Casa de Imagem (1992) — Director
  19. Travelling (1991) — Director
  20. Keychain (1995) — Director
  21. Rivers of Dust — Director
  22. Lixo nos Canais (1995) — Director
  23. Luz Industrial Mágica — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  2. Pictures of Ghosts (2023) — Self / Narrator
  3. Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
  4. Critic (2008) — Self (voice)
  5. Bacurau no Mapa (2019) — Self
  6. Room 999 (2023) — Self
  7. Love Film Festival (2014) — Himself
  8. Recife, Cidade Roubada (2014) — ele mesmo
  9. Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography (2019)