Kleber Mendonça Filho
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-11-22 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Biography
Kleber Mendonça Filho (born 1968) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic, born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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.
Acting
Recife, Cidade Roubada
as ele mesmo
(2023)
Room 999
as Self
(2023)
Pictures of Ghosts
as Self / Narrator
(2019)
(2019)
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
(2014)
Love Film Festival
as Himself
(2008)
Critic
as Self (voice)
Crew
Rivers of Dust
Director
(2025)
The Secret Agent
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(2024)
Heartless
Producer
(2024)
Seu Cavalcanti
Producer
(2024)
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Producer
(2023)
Pictures of Ghosts
Additional Photography, Sound Designer, Writer, Director
(2019)
Azougue Nazareth
Associate Producer
(2019)
Bacurau
Director, Writer
(2019)
Bacurau no Mapa
Director
(2016)
Aquarius
Director, Screenplay
(2014)
The World Cup in Recife
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Designer
(2012)
Neighboring Sounds
Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
(2011)
Jogo Sem Gandula
Director, Writer
(2011)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Producer
(2009)
Cold Tropics
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer
(2008)
Critic
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Finishing Producer, Animation, Camera Operator, Sound
(2008)
Ocidente
Executive Producer
(2008)
Luz Industrial Mágica
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
(2007)
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound Director
(2007)
Décimo Segundo
Sound Editor
(2005)
Eletrodoméstica
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Sound Editor
(2004)
Green Vinyl
Director, Sound Designer, Still Photographer, Writer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor
(2002)
The Little Cotton Girl
Director, Editor
(1997)
Caged In
Director, Writer
(1995)
Keychain
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1995)
Lixo nos Canais
Director, Writer, Editor
(1994)
Peace to This House
Director, Cinematography, Producer, Sound Editor
(1992)
Homem de Projeção
Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography
(1992)
Casa de Imagem
Director, Writer
(1991)
Travelling
Camera Operator, Director