Kleber Mendonça Filho

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.

Crew

Cold Tropics
Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Neighboring Sounds
Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor, Director
Critic
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound
Pictures of Ghosts
Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director
Green Vinyl
Director, Sound Designer, Executive Producer, Sound Editor, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay
Heartless
Producer
The Little Cotton Girl
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
Eletrodoméstica
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Sound Editor, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Story, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Peace to This House
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
Caged In
Writer, Director, Additional Photography, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects, Foley Artist
The Secret Agent
Director, Producer, Writer
Keychain
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Aquarius
Director, Screenplay
Azougue Nazareth
Associate Producer
Seu Cavalcanti
Producer
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Producer
Bacurau
Director, Writer
Décimo Segundo
Sound Editor
Rivers of Dust
Director
The World Cup in Recife
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer
Jogo sem Gandula
Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Ocidente
Executive Producer
Homem de Projeção
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Producer
Lixo nos Canais
Director, Editor, Writer
Luz Industrial Mágica
Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
Casa de Imagem
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Additional Photography
Bacurau no Mapa
Director
Travelling
Director, Director of Photography