Directing
Kleber Mendonça Filho
PT, EN, FR cinema · 36 credits
Born
22 November 1968 (age 57)
Birthplace
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Also known as Kléber Mendoca Filho · Kleber Mendonca Filho · KMF · Kleber de Mendonça Vasconcellos Filho
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.
Known for
Filmography
Luz Industrial Mágica
Writer, Cinematography, Director, Editor
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
as Self (uncredited)
The Secret Agent
Director, Producer, Writer
Heartless
Producer
Seu Cavalcanti
Producer
Room 999
as Self
Pictures of Ghosts
as Self / Narrator, Sound Designer, Additional Photography, Writer, Director
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self, Director
Azougue Nazareth
Associate Producer
Bacurau
Director, Writer
Aquarius
Director, Screenplay
Recife, Cidade Roubada
as ele mesmo
Love Film Festival
as Himself
The World Cup in Recife
Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Writer
Neighboring Sounds
Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
Jogo sem Gandula
Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Cold Tropics
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
Critic
as Self (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Animation, Finishing Producer, Editor, Camera Operator, Sound
Ocidente
Executive Producer
Décimo Segundo
Sound Editor
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Story, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Eletrodoméstica
Director, Sound Editor, Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
Green Vinyl
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Sound Editor, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Little Cotton Girl
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
Caged In
Director, Writer, Additional Photography, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects, Foley Artist
Keychain
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Lixo nos Canais
Director, Writer, Editor
Peace to This House
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
Homem de Projeção
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Casa de Imagem
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Additional Photography
Travelling
Director, Director of Photography