Neville D'Almeida
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Film
Moon Over Parador
Family Member
1988
Film
Noite
Padre
1985
Film
Com as Próprias Mãos
Self
2023
Film
BLABLABLÁ
(as Neville Duarte D'Almeida)
1968
Film
Dunas do Barato
Self
2017
Film
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1991
Film
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
2020
Film
The Angel Was Born
1969
Film
Pitanga
Self
2016
Film
Razor in the Flesh
Man in Club (Cameo)
1997
Film
Milagrez
Self
2008
Film
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Film
Os Espetaculares
2020
Film
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
Self
2019
Film
The Red Light Bandit
1968
Film
Sermões
1989
Film
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self / Interviewee
2003
Film
No Way, Spider
1970
Film
Horror Palace Hotel
Himself
1978
Film
The Brazilwood Man
Crítico de teatro
1982
Film
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Himself (archive footage)
2005
Film
Garden of War
1969
Film
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Film
Dib
Self
1997
Film
Areias Escaldantes
Espião
1985
Film
Mangúe-Bangúe
1971
Film
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
A Marca do Terrir
Self
2005
Film
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Self
2020
Film
Hunger for Love
1968
Film
Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas
Chefe
2025
Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
Himself
2013
Film
Cineastas de Invenção
2026
Film
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
Film
Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
2006
Film
New York, 70s
Himself
1973
Film
Redemption
Lauro
2017
Film
Ecos de Cannes
2008
Film
Cosmococa
Himself
1973