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Carlos Diegues

Carlos Diegues

Director · Born 1940-05-19 · Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

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Biography

Carlos José Fontes Diegues OMC, known as Cacá Diegues (Maceió, May 19, 1940 – Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2025), was a Brazilian filmmaker. He was one of the founders of Cinema Novo.

Directed

  1. God Is Brazilian (2003) — Director
  2. Bye Bye Brazil (1980) — Director
  3. The Great Mystical Circus (2018) — Director
  4. Orfeu (1999) — Director
  5. Tieta of Agreste (1996) — Director
  6. Xica (1976) — Director
  7. Better Days Ahead (1989) — Director
  8. Quilombo (1984) — Director
  9. Summer Showers (1978) — Director
  10. Joanna Francesa (1973) — Director
  11. Five Times Favela (1962) — Director
  12. Ganga Zumba (1963) — Director
  13. When Carnaval Comes (1972) — Director
  14. The Greatest Love of All (2006) — Director
  15. Subway to the Stars (1987) — Director
  16. Rio's Love Song (1994) — Director
  17. The Big City (1966) — Director
  18. The Heirs (1970) — Director
  19. Oito Universitários (1967) — Director
  20. God Is Still Brazilian (2026) — Director
  21. River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis (2013) — Director
  22. Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra (2006) — Director
  23. Un Séjour (1970) — Director
  24. VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro (2013) — Director
  25. Cine Teatro Iris — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone (2017)
  2. Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  3. The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
  4. Summer Showers (1978) — Homem lendo jornal
  5. Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
  6. Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) — Self / Interviewee
  7. At the Edge of the Earth (2002) — Self
  8. Rio's Love Song (1994)
  9. Giovanni Improtta (2013) — Vizinho
  10. Pitanga (2016) — Self
  11. For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998)
  12. Dossiê Jango (2013) — Self
  13. O Canto Livre de Nara Leão (2022) — Self
  14. Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005) — Self
  15. 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness (2001) — Self
  16. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  17. Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019) — Self
  18. Looking for Black Orpheus (2005) — Self
  19. Consideração do Poema (2011)
  20. Depois do Transe (2006) — Self
  21. Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015) — Self
  22. Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta (2023) — Self
  23. Dib (1997) — Self
  24. Nelson Sargento (1997) — Self
  25. Fênix (1980) — Self
  26. Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (2019) — Self
  27. Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
  28. Tributo: Zezé Motta (2024) — Self
  29. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
  30. 1961 (2025) — Self
  31. Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem (2025) — Self
  32. The Good Cinema (2021) — Self
  33. Que Viva Glauber! (1991)
  34. Arroz, Feijão e Cinema (2020) — Self
  35. Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (2020) — Self
  36. Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009) — Self
  37. Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015) — Self
  38. Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  39. Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011) — Self (archive footage)
  40. Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (1989) — Self