Kleber Mendonça Filho

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.

Crew

Cold Tropics

(Director of Photography)

Cold Tropics

(Editor)

Neighboring Sounds

(Director)

Neighboring Sounds

(Screenplay)

Neighboring Sounds

(Sound Designer)

Neighboring Sounds

(Editor)

Crítico

(Director)

Crítico

(Screenplay)

Pictures of Ghosts

(Sound Designer)

Pictures of Ghosts

(Additional Photography)

Cold Tropics

(Director)

Cold Tropics

(Writer)

Green Vinyl

(Director)

Heartless

(Producer)

Pictures of Ghosts

(Writer)

The Little Cotton Girl

(Director)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Director)

Eletrodoméstica

(Director)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Writer)

Peace to This House

(Director)

Peace to This House

(Cinematography)

Peace to This House

(Producer)

Peace to This House

(Sound Editor)

Caged In

(Director)

Caged In

(Writer)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Producer)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Editor)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Director of Photography)

The Little Cotton Girl

(Editor)

Secret Agents

(Director)

Green Vinyl

(Sound Designer)

Green Vinyl

(Still Photographer)

Crítico

(Producer)

Crítico

(Animation)

Crítico

(Finishing Producer)

Crítico

(Editor)

Keychain

(Director)

Keychain

(Screenplay)

Travelling

(Camera Operator)

Keychain

(Editor)

Aquarius

(Director)

Azougue Nazareth

(Associate Producer)

Seu Cavalcanti

(Producer)

Aquarius

(Screenplay)

Sleep with Your Eyes Open

(Producer)

Bacurau

(Director)

Bacurau

(Writer)

Décimo Segundo

(Sound Editor)

Eletrodoméstica

(Sound Editor)

Eletrodoméstica

(Editor)

Eletrodoméstica

(Screenplay)

Crítico

(Camera Operator)

Crítico

(Sound)

Pictures of Ghosts

(Director)

Rivers of Dust

(Director)

The World Cup in Recife

(Director)

Jogo Sem Gandula

(Director)

Jogo Sem Gandula

(Writer)

Ocidente

(Executive Producer)

Secret Agents

(Producer)

Secret Agents

(Screenplay)

Homem de Projeção

(Director)

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

(Producer)

Lixo nos Canais

(Director)

Homem de Projeção

(Producer)

Luz Industrial Mágica

(Writer)

Luz Industrial Mágica

(Cinematography)

Homem de Projeção

(Writer)

Homem de Projeção

(Cinematography)

Casa de Imagem

(Director)

Luz Industrial Mágica

(Director)

Luz Industrial Mágica

(Editor)

Casa de Imagem

(Writer)

Lixo nos Canais

(Writer)

Lixo nos Canais

(Editor)

Bacurau no Mapa

(Director)

Green Vinyl

(Editor)

Green Vinyl

(Sound Editor)

Green Vinyl

(Writer)

Green Vinyl

(Executive Producer)

Green Vinyl

(Director of Photography)

The World Cup in Recife

(Editor)

The World Cup in Recife

(Sound Designer)

The World Cup in Recife

(Writer)

Travelling

(Director)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

(Sound Director)