Kleber Mendonça Filho
Directing

Kleber Mendonça Filho

November 22, 1968 (57 years old) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Also known as: Kléber Mendoca Filho, Kleber Mendonca Filho

Biography

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.

Known For

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944 • TV

Recife, Cidade Roubada

Recife, Cidade Roubada

2014 • Movie

Critic

Critic

2008 • Movie

Pictures of Ghosts

Pictures of Ghosts

2023 • Movie

Room 999

Room 999

2023 • Movie

Movie Credits (54)

Acting

2014

Recife, Cidade Roubada

as ele mesmo

2008

Critic

as Self (voice)

2023

Pictures of Ghosts

as Self / Narrator

2023

Room 999

as Self

2014

Love Film Festival

as Himself

2019

Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography

2019

Bacurau no Mapa

as Self

Crew

2012

Neighboring Sounds

Director

2008

Critic

Director

2009

Cold Tropics

Writer

2009

Cold Tropics

Director

2004

Green Vinyl

Director

2024

Heartless

Producer

2023

Pictures of Ghosts

Writer

2002

The Little Cotton Girl

Director

2005

Eletrodoméstica

Director

2007

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Director

TV Credits (1)

Acting

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 22, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Popularity
0.7

Career Stats

54
Movies
1
TV Shows