Neville D'Almeida

Director

Born: May 15, 1941 (84 years old)

Place of birth: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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.

Filmography (18)

• BLABLABLÁ (1968, ★ 6.8)
• The Angel Was Born (1969, ★ 6.7)
• The Red Light Bandit (1968, ★ 7.6)
• Os Espetaculares (2020, ★ 6.8)
• Garden of War (1969, ★ 7.1)
• Moon Over Parador (1988, ★ 5.8)
• Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003, ★ 5.8)
• The Seven Kittens (1980, ★ 5.9)
• Hunger for Love (1968, ★ 4.8)
• Pitanga (2016, ★ 5.6)
• No Way, Spider (1970, ★ 5.9)
• Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991, ★ 5.1)
• Sermões (1989, ★ 5.9)
• Lady on the Bus (1978, ★ 5.3)
• Rio Babilonia (1982, ★ 5.1)
• The Cold Front Brought by the Rain (2016, ★ 5.7)
• Razor in the Flesh (1997, ★ 4)
• The Brazilwood Man (1982, ★ 4.5)