Humberto Mauro
Humberto Duarte Mauro (30 April 1897 – 5 October 1983) was a Brazilian film director. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema. Mauro's second feature film Thesouro Perdido (Lost Treasure) won the Brazilian "Film of the Year" award in 1927. Later that year, Phebo Sul America Film was reorganized into Phebo Brasil Film. The first film released under the new Phebo was Braza Dormida (Sleeping Ember). Braza Dormida was a boxoffice success and furthered Mauro's career as one of Brazil's leading directors. In July 1929, Mauro's final film for Phebo Brasil Film, Sangue Mineiro (Blood of Minas Gerais), was shown in Cataguases. In 1930, the film was given a nationwide release. The film was critically and popularly acclaimed. This was the first film in which Mauro worked with Carmen Santos who would star in many of Mauro's later films. Phebo Brasil Film did not have the resources to continue to produce films. Adhemar Gonzaga offered Mauro a directing job for Cinédia, which was centered in Rio de Janeiro. Gonzaga had started to shoot Lábios sem Beijos (Lips Without Kisses) which starred Carmen Santos. However, Carmen became pregnant was unable to finish production. Gonzaga handed the project over to Mauro, who both directed and photograpghed the film, in March 1930. Mauro decided to make the film silent even though sound was available. He wanted to explore the possibilities of silent film. Upon release in 1930, the film won the Jornal do Brasil film of the year award. Mauro acted as cinematographer for Cinédia's second film Muhler (Woman). Mauro began shooting Ganga Bruta in September 1931. The film was not completed until 1933 due to cast replacements. The film was silent with synchronized sound recorded on Vitaphone discs added later. The film received little acclaim until two decades after its release. Mauro co-directed his first talking film with Adhemar Gonzaga. A Voz do Carnaval (The Voice of Carnival) was a musical. Afterwards, Mauro left Cinédia for Brasil Vita Filme in 1934. He directed two feature films and several documentaries for Brasil Vita Filme. In 1936, Mauro joined the Instituto de Nacional do Cinema Educativo (INCE), which was then the government office for educational and propaganda films. Mauro shot hundreds of documentaries when he was working in INCE, and he also shot his last three movies: Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil), Argila (Clay), and O Canto da Saudade (The Song of Yearning). His final film was Carro de Bois (Ox Cart), a documentary, in 1974. Description above from the Wikipedia article Humberto Mauro, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
O Canto da Saudade
(Januário)
National Treasure
(Manuel Faca)
Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais
(Himself (archive footage))
Flagrantes da vida rural: Fazendas Clássicas
(Self)
Mauro, Humberto
Memória de Helena
(Tio Mário)
A Noiva da Cidade
Sangue Mineiro
Woman
(Padrasto)
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
(Ele mesmo)
Mulheres de Cinema
(Self)
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
(Ele mesmo)
Humberto Mauro
(Ele mesmo (arquivo))
Humberto Mauro
(Self)
Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
(Director)
Congonhas do Campo
(Director)
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
(Dialogue)
Dormant Embers
(Director)
O Canto da Saudade
(Director)
Clay
(Director)
The Discovery of Brazil
(Director)
National Treasure
(Director)
Sangue Mineiro
(Director)
Rough Gang
(Director)
Virgin Lips
(Director)
Academia Brasileira
(Director)
Febre Amarela I
(Director)
Febre Amarela II
(Director)
Cantos de Trabalho
(Director)
São João Del Rei
(Director)
Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois)
(Director)
Engenhos e Usinas
(Director)
Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina
(Director)
Meus Oito Anos: Canto Escolar
(Director)
Aboio e Cantiga
(Director)
Azulão e Pinhal
(Director)
O João de Barro
(Director)
Carro de Bois
(Director)
A Velha a Fiar
(Director)
Clay
(Writer)
Telúrio
(Cinematography)
Telúrio
(Director)
Miocárdio em Cultura: Potenciais de Ação
(Director)
Um Apólogo
(Director)
O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia
(Director)
Flagrantes da vida rural: Fazendas Clássicas
(Director)
Flagrantes da vida rural: Fazendas Clássicas
(Writer)
National Treasure
(Writer)
National Treasure
(Director of Photography)
National Treasure
(Editor)
O Despertar da Redentora
(Screenplay)
O Despertar da Redentora
(Director)
Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina
(Director of Photography)
Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina
(Editor)
O Café
(Director)
Bandeirantes
(Director)
A Noiva da Cidade
(Screenstory)
Virgin Lips
(Director of Photography)
Virgin Lips
(Editor)
Woman
(Director of Photography)
Anchieta, José do Brasil
(Dialogue)
O Puraquê
(Director)
O Puraquê
(Director of Photography)
Rough Gang
(Screenplay)
Rough Gang
(Editor)
Castro Alves
(Director)
Ruy Barbosa
(Director)
O Ensino Industrial no Brasil
(Director)
Dormant Embers
(Writer)
Alberto Nepomuceno
(Director)
Ponteio - Segundo Movimento do Concerto para Piano e Orquestra de Hekel Tavares
(Director)
Favela dos Meus Amores
(Director)
Favela dos Meus Amores
(Cinematography)
Favela dos Meus Amores
(Writer)
Carro de Bois
(Writer)
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
(Adaptation)
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
(Director)
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
(Editor)
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
(Director)
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
(Cinematography)
O cristal oscilador: industrialização do quartzo no Brasil
(Director)
Cerâmica de Marajó
(Editor)
Cerâmica de Marajó
(Director)
Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés
(Director)
Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés
(Director of Photography)
O Escravo
(Director)
Cidade Mulher
(Director)
Aráras
(Director)
Aráras
(Cinematography)
O Cysne
(Director)
Henrique Oswald
(Director)
Abastecimento d'Água do Rio de Janeiro (História da Água)
(Director)
A Noiva da Cidade
(Screenplay)
Um Parafuso
(Director)
Minas Conspiracy
(Screenplay)
O Segredo das Asas
(Director)
Orquídeas
(Director)
Orquídeas
(Director of Photography)
O Papel
(Director)
Biblioteca Demonstrativa Castro Alves: Uma Biblioteca Modêlo
(Director)
Belo Horizonte
(Director)
Cidade do Salvador
(Director)
Euclydes da Cunha - 1866-1909
(Director)
Victória Régia: Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional
(Director)
Victória Régia
(Director)
Leopoldo Miguez
(Director)
Barão do Rio Branco
(Director)
Vicente de Carvalho - Palavras ao Mar
(Director)
Lagoa Santa
(Director)
Endemias Rurais
(Director)
Rural Constructions
(Director)
Higiene Rural
(Director)
Os Inconfidentes
(Director)
Captação da Água
(Director)
City of Caeté
(Director)
O Canto da Saudade
(Screenplay)
O Canto da Saudade
(Producer)
Papagaio
(Director)
Sangue Mineiro
(Writer)