Kleber Mendonça Filho

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-11-22 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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 i...

Production

2009

Cold Tropics

as Editor

2009

Cold Tropics

as Director of Photography

2012

Neighboring Sounds

as Screenplay

2012

Neighboring Sounds

as Sound Designer

2012

2012

2008

Critic

as Director

2008

Critic

as Screenplay

2023

Pictures of Ghosts

as Additional Photography

2023

Pictures of Ghosts

as Sound Designer

2009

Cold Tropics

as Writer

2009

Cold Tropics

as Director

2004

Green Vinyl

as Director

2024

Heartless

as Producer

2023

2002

2005

Eletrodoméstica

as Director

1994

1994

Peace to This House

as Sound Editor

1994

Peace to This House

as Cinematography

1994

1997

Caged In

as Writer

1997

Caged In

as Director

2007

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

as Director of Photography

2025

The Secret Agent

as Director

2004

Green Vinyl

as Sound Designer

2004

Green Vinyl

as Still Photographer

2008

Critic

as Producer

2008

Critic

as Editor

2008

Critic

as Finishing Producer

2008

Critic

as Animation

1995

Keychain

as Director

1995

Keychain

as Screenplay

1995

Keychain

as Editor

1991

Travelling

as Camera Operator

2016

Aquarius

as Director

2019

Azougue Nazareth

as Associate Producer

2024

Seu Cavalcanti

as Producer

2016

Aquarius

as Screenplay

2019

Bacurau

as Director

2019

Bacurau

as Writer

2007

Décimo Segundo

as Sound Editor

2005

Eletrodoméstica

as Screenplay

2005

2005

Eletrodoméstica

as Sound Editor

2008

Critic

as Camera Operator

2008

Critic

as Sound

2023

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Rivers of Dust

as Director

2011

Jogo Sem Gandula

as Director

2011

2008

Ocidente

as Executive Producer

2025

The Secret Agent

as Producer

2025

The Secret Agent

as Screenplay

1992

1995

Lixo nos Canais

as Director

1992

1992

Homem de Projeção

as Cinematography

2008

1992

Casa de Imagem

as Director

1992

2008

Luz Industrial Mágica

as Cinematography

1992

1995

1995

2019

Bacurau no Mapa

as Director

2004

Green Vinyl

as Writer

2004

Green Vinyl

as Executive Producer

2004

Green Vinyl

as Sound Editor

2004

Green Vinyl

as Director of Photography

2004

Green Vinyl

as Editor

2014

The World Cup in Recife

as Sound Designer

1991

Travelling

as Director

2007

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