Kleber Mendonça Filho

Directing·Nov 22, 1968·Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Kleber Mendonça Filho (born November 22, 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. 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.

Film	Credit
The Secret Agent2025 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Sleep with Your Eyes Open2024 · Producer	Producer
Heartless2024 · Producer	Producer
Seu Cavalcanti2024 · Producer	Producer
Room 9992023 · Self	Self
Pictures of Ghosts2023 · Self / Narrator, Writer, Director	Self / Narrator, Writer, Director
Bacurau no Mapa2019 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography2019 · Actor	Actor
Bacurau2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Aquarius2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Recife, Cidade Roubada2014 · ele mesmo	ele mesmo
Love Film Festival2014 · Himself	Himself
The World Cup in Recife2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Neighboring Sounds2012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano2011 · Producer	Producer
Jogo sem Gandula2011 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Cold Tropics2009 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Critic2008 · Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer	Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Friday Night, Saturday Morning2006 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Eletrodoméstica2005 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Green Vinyl2004 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Little Cotton Girl2002 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Caged In1997 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Lixo nos Canais1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Keychain1995 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Peace to This House1994 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Casa de Imagem1992 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
Homem de Projeção1992 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Travelling1991 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
RRivers of DustDirector	Director
Luz Industrial MágicaDirector, Writer	Director, Writer