Neville D'Almeida

Known for: Directing
Born: May 15, 1941, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Movies: 73

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.9

Moon Over Parador

1988

7.6

The Red Light Bandit

1968

5.6

Lady on the Bus

1978

6.1

The Seven Kittens

1980

6.8

Os Espetaculares

2020

5.7

The Cold Front Brought by the Rain

2016

6.8

The Angel Was Born

1969

5.5

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

1991

5.5

Rio Babilonia

1982

6.3

No Way, Spider

1970

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

2023	Bye Bye Amazonia	Director, Writer, Producer
2022	Obsessão	Director
2021	Era Uma Vez Babu	Director
2019	Humanos Causa	Director
2018	O Poder Negro	Director, Writer
2017	Redemption	Screenplay, Director
2016	The Cold Front Brought by the Rain	Director, Producer
2012	Planeta Gigóia	Director
2010	Boa Noite Cinderela	Director
2007	O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Receita de Sedução	Director
2007	O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Calcinha	Director
2007	Maksuara – Crepúsculo dos Deuses	Director
2006	A Voz do Provocador — Parte 1: Os Artísticos	Director
2006	A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da Amazônia	Director
2006	A Voz do Provocador - O Ouro Roubado	Director
2005	Tempo Glauber	Director
2005	Luz-Lux-Lúcia	Director
2005	A Água, a Mulher e o Regador	Director
2005	Acquawater	Director
1999	Hoje É Dia de Rock!	Director
1997	Razor in the Flesh	Screenplay, Director
1991	Killed the Family and Went to the Movies	Screenplay, Producer, Director
1982	Rio Babilonia	Screenplay, Director
1980	Música para Sempre	Director
1980	The Seven Kittens	Screenplay, Producer, Director
1978	Lady on the Bus	Screenplay, Director
1973	Cosmococa	Director
1973	New York, 70s	Director
1971	Mangúe-Bangúe	Writer, Director
1971	Piranhas no Asfalto	Director
1969	Garden of War	Director, Writer, Producer
1966	O Bem-Aventurado	Director, Writer

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