Neville D'Almeida

Biography

A Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, art objects and performances, Neville Duarte Almeida was born in 1941 in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. Raised by a Methodist Christian family, he studied theater at the Scholastic Theatre of Minas Gerais and participated at the local Center of Film Studies, where he started to work as an filmmaker. Some of his transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship, after which he went on to directing films aimed to a more commercial approach. His 1978 film "Lady on the Bus", starring Sônia Braga, was a box-office champíon and still holds its place as the the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time.

Directed

1. Lady on the Bus (1978) — Director
2. The Seven Kittens (1980) — Director
3. The Cold Front Brought by the Rain (2016) — Director
4. Rio Babilonia (1982) — Director
5. Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991) — Director
6. Garden of War (1969) — Director
7. Razor in the Flesh (1997) — Director
8. Mangúe-Bangúe (1971) — Director
9. Redemption (2017) — Director
10. Música para Sempre (1980) — Director
11. Piranhas no Asfalto (1971) — Director
12. Cosmococa (1973) — Director
13. O Bem-Aventurado (1966) — Director
14. Boa Noite Cinderela (2010) — Director
15. A Água, a Mulher e o Regador (2005) — Director
16. A Voz do Provocador — Parte 1: Os Artísticos (2006) — Director
17. A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da Amazônia (2006) — Director
18. O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Receita de Sedução (2007) — Director
19. O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Calcinha (2007) — Director
20. A Voz do Provocador - O Ouro Roubado (2006) — Director
21. Bye Bye Amazonia (2023) — Director
22. Era Uma Vez Babu (2021) — Director
23. Obsessão (2022) — Director
24. Tempo Glauber (2005) — Director
25. Luz-Lux-Lúcia (2005) — Director
26. Planeta Gigóia (2012) — Director
27. Acquawater (2005) — Director
28. Humanos Causa (2019) — Director
29. O Poder Negro (2018) — Director
30. New York, 70s (1973) — Director
31. Surucucu Catiripapo — Director
32. Maksuara – Crepúsculo dos Deuses (2007) — Director
33. Hoje É Dia de Rock! (1999) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Moon Over Parador (1988) — Family Member
2. The Red Light Bandit (1968)
3. Os Espetaculares (2020)
4. The Angel Was Born (1969)
5. Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991) — Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
6. No way, Spider (1970)
7. BLABLABLÁ (1968) — (as Neville Duarte D'Almeida)
8. Hunger for Love (1968)
9. Garden of War (1969)
10. The Brazilwood Man (1982) — Crítico de teatro
11. Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) — Self / Interviewee
12. Sermões (1989)
13. Razor in the Flesh (1997) — Man in Club (Cameo)
14. Pitanga (2016) — Self
15. Mangúe-Bangúe (1971)
16. Areias Escaldantes (1985) — Espião
17. Noite (1985) — Padre
18. A Miss e o Dinossauro (2005) — Himself (archive footage)
19. A Marca do Terrir (2005) — Self
20. Dunas do Barato (2017) — Self
21. Horror Palace Hotel (1978) — Himself
22. Redemption (2017) — Lauro
23. Ivan, the TerrirBle (2020) — Self (archive footage)
24. Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! (2023)
25. Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019) — Self
26. Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
27. Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas (2025) — Chefe
28. Dib (1997) — Self
29. Luz-Lux-Lúcia (2005)
30. New York, 70s (1973) — Himself
31. Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (2020) — Self
32. Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas (2006)
33. Milagrez (2008) — Self
34. Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991)
35. Ecos de Cannes (2008)
36. Cosmococa (1973) — Himself
37. Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu (2013) — Himself
38. Com as Próprias Mãos (2023) — Self
39. Cineastas de Invenção (2026)