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.

Known For

Moon Over Parador

as Family Member

The Red Light Bandit

Os Espetaculares

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

The Angel Was Born

No Way, Spider

BLABLABLÁ

as (as Neville Duarte D'Almeida)

Hunger for Love

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

as Self / Interviewee

Garden of War