Kleber Mendonça Filho

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-11-22 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Also Known As Kléber Mendoca Filho, Kleber Mendonca Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

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.

Known For

Director

Rivers of Dust

as Director

Secret Agents

as Director

2023
Pictures of Ghosts

as Director

2019
Bacurau

as Director

2019
Bacurau no Mapa

as Director

2016
Aquarius

as Director

2014
2012
Neighboring Sounds

as Director

2011
Jogo Sem Gandula

as Director

2009
Cold Tropics

as Director

2008
Crítico

as Director

2008
2005
Eletrodoméstica

as Director

2004
Green Vinyl

as Director

2002
1997
Caged In

as Director

1995
Keychain

as Director

1995
Lixo nos Canais

as Director

1994
1992
1992
Casa de Imagem

as Director

1991
Travelling

as Director

Writer

Secret Agents

as Screenplay

2023
2019
Bacurau

as Writer

2016
Aquarius

as Screenplay

2012
Neighboring Sounds

as Screenplay

2011
2009
Cold Tropics

as Writer

2008
Crítico

as Screenplay

2005
Eletrodoméstica

as Screenplay

2004
Green Vinyl

as Writer

1997
Caged In

as Writer

1995
Keychain

as Screenplay

1995
Lixo nos Canais

as Writer

1992
1992
Casa de Imagem

as Writer

Producer

Secret Agents

as Producer

2024
Heartless

as Producer

2024
Seu Cavalcanti

as Producer

2019
Azougue Nazareth

as Associate Producer

2008
Crítico

as Producer

2008
Crítico

as Finishing Producer

2008
Ocidente

as Executive Producer

2004
Green Vinyl

as Executive Producer

1994
1992

Editor

2012
2009
Cold Tropics

as Editor

2008
Crítico

as Editor

2005
2004
Green Vinyl

as Editor

1995
Keychain

as Editor

1995
Lixo nos Canais

as Editor

Sound

2023
Pictures of Ghosts

as Sound Designer

2014
The World Cup in Recife

as Sound Designer

2012
Neighboring Sounds

as Sound Designer

2008
Crítico

as Sound

2007
Décimo Segundo

as Sound Editor

2005
Eletrodoméstica

as Sound Editor

2004
Green Vinyl

as Sound Designer

2004
Green Vinyl

as Sound Editor

1994
Peace to This House

as Sound Editor

Camera

2023
Pictures of Ghosts

as Additional Photography

2009
Cold Tropics

as Director of Photography

2008
Crítico

as Camera Operator

2007
Friday Night, Saturday Morning

as Director of Photography

2004
Green Vinyl

as Still Photographer

2004
Green Vinyl

as Director of Photography

1991
Travelling

as Camera Operator

Actor

Crew

2008
Luz Industrial Mágica

as Cinematography

1994
Peace to This House

as Cinematography

1992
Homem de Projeção

as Cinematography

Visual Effects

2008
Crítico

as Animation