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Neville D'Almeida

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Neville D'Almeida

Born May 15, 1941 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil33 films

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.

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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.

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Lady on the Bus posterFirst watchLady on the Bus19785.5Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with…View film

Filmography

33 films as director
  1. TBASurucucu CatiripapoDirector
  2. 2023Bye Bye AmazoniaDirector
  3. 2022ObsessãoDirector
  4. 2021Era Uma Vez BabuDirector
  5. 2019Humanos CausaDirector
  6. 2018O Poder NegroDirector
  7. 2017RedemptionDirector
  8. 2016The Cold Front Brought by the RainDirector
  9. 2012Planeta GigóiaDirector
  10. 2010Boa Noite CinderelaDirector
  11. 2007O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: CalcinhaDirector
  12. 2007O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Receita de SeduçãoDirector
  13. 2007Maksuara – Crepúsculo dos DeusesDirector
  14. 2006A Voz do Provocador — Parte 1: Os ArtísticosDirector
  15. 2006A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da AmazôniaDirector
  16. 2006A Voz do Provocador - O Ouro RoubadoDirector
  17. 2005Tempo GlauberDirector
  18. 2005Luz-Lux-LúciaDirector
  19. 2005A Água, a Mulher e o RegadorDirector
  20. 2005AcquawaterDirector
  21. 1999Hoje É Dia de Rock!Director
  22. 1997Razor in the FleshDirector
  23. 1991Killed the Family and Went to the MoviesDirector
  24. 1982Rio BabiloniaDirector
  25. 1980Música para SempreDirector
  26. 1980The Seven KittensDirector
  27. 1978Lady on the BusDirector
  28. 1973CosmococaDirector
  29. 1973New York, 70sDirector
  30. 1971Mangúe-BangúeDirector
  31. 1971Piranhas no AsfaltoDirector
  32. 1969Garden of WarDirector
  33. 1966O Bem-AventuradoDirector