Humberto Mauro

Biography

Humberto Duarte Mauro (30 April 1897 – 5 October 1983) was a Brazilian film director. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema. Mauro's second feature film Thesouro Perdido (Lost Treasure) won the Brazilian "Film of the Year" award in 1927. Later that year, Phebo Sul America Film was reorganized into Phebo Brasil Film. The first film released under the new Phebo was Braza Dormida (Sleeping Ember). Braza Dormida was a boxoffice success and furthered Mauro's career as one of Brazil's leading directors. In July 1929, Mauro's final film for Phebo Brasil Film, Sangue Mineiro (Blood of Minas Gerais), was shown in Cataguases. In 1930, the film was given a nationwide release. The film was critically and popularly acclaimed. This was the first film in which Mauro worked with Carmen Santos who would star in many of Mauro's later films. Phebo Brasil Film did not have the resources to continue to produce films. Adhemar Gonzaga offered Mauro a directing job for Cinédia, which was centered in Rio de Janeiro. Gonzaga had started to shoot Lábios sem Beijos (Lips Without Kisses) which starred Carmen Santos. However, Carmen became pregnant was unable to finish produc…

Directed

1. Rough Gang (1933) — Director
2. A Velha a Fiar (1964) — Director
3. Dormant Embers (1928) — Director
4. Clay (1942) — Director
5. Virgin Lips (1930) — Director
6. The Discovery of Brazil (1937) — Director
7. Bullock Cart (1974) — Director
8. National Treasure (1927) — Director
9. Sangue Mineiro (1929) — Director
10. O Despertar da Redentora (1942) — Director
11. O Canto da Saudade (1952) — Director
12. Engenhos e Usinas (1955) — Director
13. Meus Oito Anos: Canto Escolar (1956) — Director
14. Um Apólogo (1939) — Director
15. Bandeirantes (1940) — Director
16. O Puraquê (1939) — Director
17. Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés (1942) — Director
18. O Escravo (1944) — Director
19. Cidade Mulher (1936) — Director
20. Victória Régia (1937) — Director
21. City ​​of Caeté (1958) — Director
22. Valadião, o Cratera (1925) — Director
23. Na Primavera da Vida (1926) — Director
24. Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1949) — Director
25. Congonhas do Campo (1957) — Director
26. Academia Brasileira (1937) — Director
27. Febre Amarela I (1938) — Director
28. Febre Amarela II (1938) — Director
29. Cantos de Trabalho (1955) — Director
30. São João Del Rei (1958) — Director
31. Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois (1956) — Director
32. Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina (1945) — Director
33. Aboio e Cantigas (1954) — Director
34. Azulão e Pinhal (1948) — Director
35. O João de Barro (1956) — Director
36. Telúrio (1937) — Director
37. Miocárdio em Cultura: Potenciais de Ação (1942) — Director
38. O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia (1947) — Director
39. Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas (1977) — Director
40. O Café (1959) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Rough Gang (1933)
2. Virgin Lips (1930) — Namorado de D. Perpétua
3. National Treasure (1927) — Manuel Faca
4. Sangue Mineiro (1929) — Servant
5. Mauro, Humberto (1975)
6. Woman (1931) — Padrasto
7. Mulheres de Cinema (1978) — Self
8. Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom (1979) — Ele mesmo
9. Humberto Mauro (2018) — Ele mesmo (arquivo)
10. O Canto da Saudade (1952) — Januário
11. Memories of Helen (1969) — Tio Mário
12. A Noiva da Cidade (1978)
13. Humberto Mauro (1970) — Self
14. Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais (2008) — Himself (archive footage)
15. Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas (1977) — Self (uncredited)
16. Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany (1977) — Ele mesmo
17. Chegada de Humberto Mauro de Veneza (1938) — Self
18. Colagem (1967) — Self