Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1968
- Birthplace
- Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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.
Filmography
- Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent TBA
Director, Writer
- Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent TBA
Director, Writer, Producer
Luz Industrial Mágica TBA
Writer, Cinematography, Director, Editor
- Rivers of Dust
Rivers of Dust TBA
Director
South of Tehran 2026
Director
Each Day in a Moment: 2025 2026
as 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
as Self
Pictures of Ghosts 2023
as Self / Narrator, Sound Designer, Additional Photography, Writer, Director
Bacurau no Mapa 2019
as Self, Director
Azougue Nazareth 2019
Associate Producer
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography 2019
Actor
Bacurau 2019
Director, Writer
Aquarius 2016
Director, Screenplay
Recife, Cidade Roubada 2014
as ele mesmo
Love Film Festival 2014
as Himself
The World Cup in Recife 2014
Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Writer
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
as Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Animation, Finishing Producer, Editor, 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, Sound Editor, Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
Green Vinyl 2004
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Sound Editor, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, 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
Credits from TMDB.