Neville d'Almeida


Neville Duarte de Almeida, known as Neville d'Almeida, is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, objects of art and performance.

Life and career

D'Almeida was born in Belo Horizonte into a Methodist family. He studied theater at the TU, participated in the Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos, and the Centro Mineiro Experimental when he started to work as an filmmaker. Some of its transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship. His 1978 film Lady on the Bus, starring Sônia Braga, is the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time
In 1970 he went to New York, where he collaborated with Hélio Oiticica in the art installation ''Cosmococas.''

Filmography

Director

  • 1968: Jardim de Guerra
  • 1971: Piranhas do Asfalto
  • 1971: Mangue Bangue
  • 1972: Gatos da Noite
  • 1973: Surucucu Catiripapo
  • 1978: Lady on the Bus
  • 1980: Os Sete Gatinhos
  • 1980: Música para Sempre
  • 1982: Rio Babilônia
  • 1991: Killed the [Family and Went to the Movies (1991 film)|Killed the Family and Went to the Movies]
  • 1997: Navalha na Carne
  • 1999: Hoje é Dia de Rock
  • 2005: Maksuara — Crepúsculo dos deuses
  • 2015: ''A Frente Fria que a Chuva Traz''

Actor