About

Known credits:
91
Birthday:
1968-11-22
Place of birth:
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Website:
N/A

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2023 Room 999 Actor Self 59
Average
2023 Pictures of Ghosts Actor Self / Narrator 60
Fair
2019 Bacurau no Mapa Actor Self 59
Average
2019 Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography Actor N/A
N/A
2014 Love Film Festival Actor Himself 59
Average
2008 Crítico Actor Self (voice) 59
Average
Recife, Cidade Roubada Actor ele mesmo N/A
N/A

Directing
2023 Pictures of Ghosts Directing Director 60
Fair
2019 Bacurau no Mapa Directing Director 59
Average
2019 Bacurau Directing Director 71
Good
2016 Aquarius Directing Director 66
Fair
2014 The World Cup in Recife Directing Director 59
Average
2013 Porteiro Dormindo Directing Director N/A
N/A
2012 Neighboring Sounds Directing Director 62
Fair
2011 Jogo Sem Gandula Directing Director 59
Average
2009 Cold Tropics Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Luz Industrial Mágica Directing Director N/A
N/A
2008 Crítico Directing Director 59
Average
2007 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Directing Director 59
Average
2005 Eletrodoméstica Directing Director 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Directing Director 59
Average
2002 The Little Cotton Girl Directing Director 58
Average
1997 Caged In Directing Director 59
Average
1995 Lixo nos Canais Directing Director N/A
N/A
1995 Keychain Directing Director N/A
N/A
1994 Peace to This House Directing Director 59
Average
1992 Casa de Imagem Directing Director N/A
N/A
1992 Homem de Projeção Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Travelling Directing Director 59
Average
Rivers of Dust Directing Director N/A
N/A
Secret Agents Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2023 Pictures of Ghosts Writing Writer 60
Fair
2019 Bacurau Writing Writer 71
Good
2016 Aquarius Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
2014 The World Cup in Recife Writing Writer 59
Average
2012 Neighboring Sounds Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
2011 Jogo Sem Gandula Writing Writer 59
Average
2009 Cold Tropics Writing Writer 59
Average
2008 Luz Industrial Mágica Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2008 Crítico Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2007 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Writing Writer 59
Average
2005 Eletrodoméstica Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Writing Writer 59
Average
1997 Caged In Writing Writer 59
Average
1995 Lixo nos Canais Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1995 Keychain Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
1992 Casa de Imagem Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1992 Homem de Projeção Writing Writer 59
Average
Secret Agents Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A

Production
2024 Sleep with Your Eyes Open Production Producer 58
Average
2024 Heartless Production Producer 59
Average
2024 Seu Cavalcanti Production Producer N/A
N/A
2019 Azougue Nazareth Production Associate Producer 59
Average
2011 Mens Sana in Corpore Sano Production Producer 59
Average
2008 Crítico Production Producer 59
Average
2008 Crítico Production Finishing Producer 59
Average
2008 Ocidente Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2007 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Production Producer 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1994 Peace to This House Production Producer 59
Average
1992 Homem de Projeção Production Producer 59
Average
Secret Agents Production Producer N/A
N/A

Sound
2023 Pictures of Ghosts Sound Sound Designer 60
Fair
2014 The World Cup in Recife Sound Sound Designer 59
Average
2012 Neighboring Sounds Sound Sound Designer 62
Fair
2008 Crítico Sound Sound 59
Average
2007 Décimo Segundo Sound Sound Editor N/A
N/A
2005 Eletrodoméstica Sound Sound Editor 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Sound Sound Editor 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Sound Sound Designer 59
Average
1994 Peace to This House Sound Sound Editor 59
Average

Camera
2023 Pictures of Ghosts Camera Additional Photography 60
Fair
2009 Cold Tropics Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2008 Crítico Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
2007 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Camera Still Photographer 59
Average

Crew
2008 Luz Industrial Mágica Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1994 Peace to This House Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1992 Homem de Projeção Crew Cinematography 59
Average

Editing
2014 The World Cup in Recife Editing Editor 59
Average
2012 Neighboring Sounds Editing Editor 62
Fair
2009 Cold Tropics Editing Editor 59
Average
2008 Luz Industrial Mágica Editing Editor N/A
N/A
2008 Crítico Editing Editor 59
Average
2007 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Editing Editor 59
Average
2005 Eletrodoméstica Editing Editor 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Editing Editor 59
Average
2002 The Little Cotton Girl Editing Editor 58
Average
1995 Lixo nos Canais Editing Editor N/A
N/A

Visual Effects
2008 Crítico Visual Effects Animation 59
Average