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.

Most Known For

Noite

as Padre

BLABLABLÁ

as (as Neville Duarte D'Almeida)

Moon Over Parador

as Family Member

Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas

as Chefe

Milagrez

as Self

The Red Light Bandit

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

The Angel Was Born

Pitanga

as Self

Razor in the Flesh

as Man in Club (Cameo)

Mangúe-Bangúe

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

as Self / Interviewee

Areias Escaldantes

as Espião

No Way, Spider

Os Espetaculares

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

as Self

Garden of War

Hunger for Love

Sermões

The Brazilwood Man

as Crítico de teatro