

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…
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Golden Globe Awards
1944 • TV
Self - Nominee

The Oscars
1953 • TV
Self

The Secret Agent
2025 • Movie
Director

Bacurau
2019 • Movie
Director

Aquarius
2016 • Movie
Director

Critic
2008 • Movie
Self (voice)

Room 999
2023 • Movie
Self

Pictures of Ghosts
2023 • Movie
Self / Narrator

Neighboring Sounds
2012 • Movie
Screenplay

Cold Tropics
2009 • Movie
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