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.
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Movies (38)
South of Tehran
2026 · Director
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
2026 · Self (uncredited)
The Secret Agent
2025 · Director, Producer, Writer
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
2024 · Producer
Heartless
2024 · Producer
Seu Cavalcanti
2024 · Producer
Room 999
2023 · Self
Pictures of Ghosts
2023 · Self / Narrator, Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 · Self, Director
Azougue Nazareth
2019 · Associate Producer
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019
Bacurau
2019 · Director, Writer
Aquarius
2016 · Director, Screenplay
Recife, Cidade Roubada
2014 · ele mesmo
Love Film Festival
2014 · Himself
The World Cup in Recife
2014 · Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer
Neighboring Sounds
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
2011 · Producer
Jogo sem Gandula
2011 · Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Cold Tropics
2009 · Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
Critic
2008 · Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound
Ocidente
2008 · Executive Producer
Décimo Segundo
2007 · Sound Editor
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
2006 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Story, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Eletrodoméstica
2005 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Sound Editor, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
Green Vinyl
2004 · Director, Sound Designer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor, Screenplay
The Little Cotton Girl
2002 · Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
Caged In
1997 · Director, Writer, Additional Photography, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects, Foley Artist
Lixo nos Canais
1995 · Director, Writer, Editor
Keychain
1995 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Peace to This House
1994 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
Casa de Imagem
1992 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Additional Photography
Homem de Projeção
1992 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Travelling
1991 · Director, Director of Photography
Rivers of Dust
· Director
Luz Industrial Mágica
· Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Foreign Correspondent
· Director, Writer, Producer
Foreign Correspondent
· Director, Writer
