Neville D'Almeida
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas
as Chefe
2025
Com as Próprias Mãos
as Self
2023
Bye Bye Amazonia
Director (Directing)
2023
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Obsessão
Director (Directing)
2022
Era Uma Vez Babu
Director (Directing)
2021
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
as Self
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
2020
Os Espetaculares
2020
Ivan, the TerrirBle
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as Self
2019
Humanos Causa
Director (Directing)
2019
O Poder Negro
Director (Directing)
2018
Dunas do Barato
as Self
2017
Redemption
as Lauro
2017
Pitanga
as Self
2016
The Cold Front Brought by the Rain
Director (Directing)
2016
Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
as Himself
2013
Planeta Gigóia
Director (Directing)
2012
Boa Noite Cinderela
Director (Directing)
2010
Ecos de Cannes
2008
Milagrez
as Self
2008
O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Receita de Sedução
Director (Directing)
2007
O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Calcinha
Director (Directing)
2007
Maksuara – Crepúsculo dos Deuses
Director (Directing)
2007
Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
2006
A Voz do Provocador — Parte 1: Os Artísticos
Director (Directing)
2006
A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da Amazônia
Director (Directing)
2006
A Voz do Provocador - O Ouro Roubado
Director (Directing)
2006
A Marca do Terrir
as Self
2005
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
Tempo Glauber
Director (Directing)
2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Himself (archive footage)
2005
A Água, a Mulher e o Regador
Director (Directing)
2005
Acquawater
Director (Directing)
2005
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self / Interviewee
2003
Hoje É Dia de Rock!
Director (Directing)
1999
Razor in the Flesh
as Man in Club (Cameo)
1997
Dib
as Self
1997
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1991
Sermões
1989
Moon Over Parador
as Family Member
1988
Areias Escaldantes
as Espião
1985
Noite
as Padre
1985
Rio Babilonia
Original Story (Writing)
1982
The Brazilwood Man
as Crítico de teatro
1982
Música para Sempre
Director (Directing)
1980
The Seven Kittens
Screenplay (Writing)
1980
Horror Palace Hotel
as Himself
1978