Neville D'Almeida
1941-05-15 (1941)Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilDirecting
Biography
A Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, art objects and performances, Neville Duarte Almeida was born in 1941 in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. Raised by a Methodist Christian family, he studied theater at the Scholastic Theatre of Minas Gerais and participated at the local Center of Film Studies, where he started to work as an filmmaker. Some of his transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship, after which he went on to directing films aimed to a more commercial approach. His 1978 film "Lady on the Bus", starring Sônia Braga, was a box-office champíon and still holds its place as the the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time.
Known For
Noite
MOVIE • 1985
BLABLABLÁ
MOVIE • 1968
Moon Over Parador
MOVIE • 1988
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
MOVIE • 1991
Pitanga
MOVIE • 2016
Dunas do Barato
MOVIE • 2017
The Red Light Bandit
MOVIE • 1968
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
MOVIE • 2020
The Brazilwood Man
MOVIE • 1982
Sermões
MOVIE • 1989
Razor in the Flesh
MOVIE • 1997
Areias Escaldantes
MOVIE • 1985
Milagrez
MOVIE • 2008
No Way, Spider
MOVIE • 1970
Mangúe-Bangúe
MOVIE • 1971
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
MOVIE • 2019
The Angel Was Born
MOVIE • 1969
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
MOVIE • 2003