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
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God Is Brazilian (2003) — Director
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Bye Bye Brazil (1980) — Director
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The Great Mystical Circus (2018) — Director
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Orfeu (1999) — Director
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Tieta of Agreste (1996) — Director
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Xica (1976) — Director
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Better Days Ahead (1989) — Director
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Quilombo (1984) — Director
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Summer Showers (1978) — Director
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Joanna Francesa (1973) — Director
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Five Times Favela (1962) — Director
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Ganga Zumba (1963) — Director
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When Carnaval Comes (1972) — Director
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The Greatest Love of All (2006) — Director
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Subway to the Stars (1987) — Director
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Rio's Love Song (1994) — Director
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The Big City (1966) — Director
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The Heirs (1970) — Director
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Oito Universitários (1967) — Director
- God Is Still Brazilian (2026) — Director
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River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis (2013) — Director
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Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra (2006) — Director
- Un Séjour (1970) — Director
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VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro (2013) — Director
- Cine Teatro Iris — Director
Also appeared in
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Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone (2017)
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Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
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Summer Showers (1978) — Homem lendo jornal
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) — Self / Interviewee
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At the Edge of the Earth (2002) — Self
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Rio's Love Song (1994)
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Giovanni Improtta (2013) — Vizinho
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Pitanga (2016) — Self
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998)
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Dossiê Jango (2013) — Self
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O Canto Livre de Nara Leão (2022) — Self
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005) — Self
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1968 - Without Losing Tenderness (2001) — Self
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Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
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Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019) — Self
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Looking for Black Orpheus (2005) — Self
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Consideração do Poema (2011)
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Depois do Transe (2006) — Self
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Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015) — Self
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Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta (2023) — Self
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Dib (1997) — Self
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Nelson Sargento (1997) — Self
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Fênix (1980) — Self
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Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (2019) — Self
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
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Tributo: Zezé Motta (2024) — Self
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
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1961 (2025) — Self
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Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem (2025) — Self
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The Good Cinema (2021) — Self
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Que Viva Glauber! (1991)
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Arroz, Feijão e Cinema (2020) — Self
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Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (2020) — Self
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009) — Self
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015) — Self
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011) — Self (archive footage)
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (1989) — Self