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Kleber Mendonça Filho

Directing

Born November 22, 1968 · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Also known as Kléber Mendoca Filho · Kleber Mendonca Filho · KMF

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Biography

Kleber Mendonça Filho (born November 22, 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Cannes Best Director Award · 2025
  • Sitges Film Festival Best Director award · 2019
  • Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize — Best Director

Filmography10 titles

Pictures of Ghosts

2023as Self / Narrator

Bacurau

2019Director, Writer

Aquarius

2016Director, Screenplay

The Secret Agent

2025Director, Producer, Writer

Neighboring Sounds

2012Director, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer

Cold Tropics

2009Cinematography, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer, Writer

Green Vinyl

2004Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Sound Editor

Eletrodoméstica

2005Director, Editor, Foley Artist, Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Sound Editor

Room 999

2023as Self

Friday Night Saturday Morning

2006Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist, Story