Kleber Mendonça Filho
male
Born on November 22, 1968 (56 years old)
From Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Known for Directing
Biography
Kleber Mendonça Filho (born 1968) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic, born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 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.
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- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2019
- 2016
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009
- 2008
Critic
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Director
2008
Critic
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Screenplay
2008
Critic
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Producer
2008
Critic
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Editor
2008
Critic
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Finishing Producer
2008
Critic
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Animation
2008
Critic
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Camera Operator
2008
Critic
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Sound
2008
Ocidente
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Executive Producer
2008
Luz Industrial Mágica
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Director
2008
Luz Industrial Mágica
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Editor
2008
Luz Industrial Mágica
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Writer
2008
Luz Industrial Mágica
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Cinematography
2008
- 2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Director
2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Writer
2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Producer
2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Director of Photography
2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Editor
2007
Décimo Segundo
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Sound Editor
2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Sound Director
2007
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
- 1991
- 1992
