Humberto Mauro

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-04-30 (86 years old)

Deathday

1983-11-05

Place of Birth

Volta Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Humberto Mauro

Biography

Humberto Duarte Mauro (30 April 1897 – 5 October 1983) was a Brazilian film director. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema. Mauro's second feature film Thesouro Perdido (Lost Treasure) won the Brazilian "Film of the Year" award in 1927. Later that year, Phebo Sul America Film was reorganized into Phebo Brasil Film. The first film released under the new Phebo was Braza Dormida (Sleeping Ember). Braza Dormida was a boxoffice success and furthered Mauro's career as one of Brazil's leading directors. In July 1929, Mauro's final film for Phebo Brasil Film, Sangue Mineiro (Blood of Minas Gerais), was shown in Cat...

Production

1957

1928

Dormant Embers

as Director

1940

Clay

as Director

1952

1927

1929

Sangue Mineiro

as Director

1930

Virgin Lips

as Director

1933

Rough Gang

as Director

1937

1938

Febre Amarela I

as Director

1938

Febre Amarela II

as Director

1948

Azulão e Pinhal

as Director

1954

Aboio e Cantigas

as Director

1955

1955

1956

O João de Barro

as Director

1958

1964

A Velha a Fiar

as Director

1974

Carro de Bois

as Director

1940

Clay

as Writer

1937

Telúrio

as Director

1937

Telúrio

as Cinematography

1939

Um Apólogo

as Director

1927

1927

National Treasure

as Director of Photography

1927

1942

1945

Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina

as Director of Photography

1959

O Café

as Director

1940

Bandeirantes

as Director

1978

A Noiva da Cidade

as Screenstory

1930

Virgin Lips

as Director of Photography

1930

Virgin Lips

as Editor

1931

Woman

as Director of Photography

1939

O Puraquê

as Director

1939

O Puraquê

as Director of Photography

1933

Rough Gang

as Screenplay

1933

Rough Gang

as Editor

1948

Castro Alves

as Director

1949

Ruy Barbosa

as Director

1928

1950

1935

1935

Favela dos Meus Amores

as Cinematography

1974

Carro de Bois

as Writer

1939

1939

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

as Cinematography

1939

1944

O Escravo

as Director

1936

Cidade Mulher

as Director

1940

Aráras

as Director

1940

Aráras

as Cinematography

1936

O Cysne

as Director

1942

Henrique Oswald

as Director

1978

A Noiva da Cidade

as Screenplay

1936

Um Parafuso

as Director

1948

Minas Conspiracy

as Screenplay

1945

1937

Orquídeas

as Director

1937

Orquídeas

as Director of Photography

1962

O Papel

as Director

1958

Belo Horizonte

as Director

1949

1937

Victória Régia

as Director

1946

Leopoldo Miguez

as Director

1945

1939

Lagoa Santa

as Director

1956

1960

Endemias Rurais

as Director

1954

Higiene Rural

as Director

1936

Os Inconfidentes

as Director

1954

1958

1952

1952

O Canto da Saudade

as Screenplay

1937

Papagaio

as Director

1929

1925

1926

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