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Kleber Mendonça Filho

Born
Nov 22, 1968 · Age 57
Place of birth
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Gender
Male
Movie credits
8
TV credits
3
Directing credits
26
Also known as (4)
  • Kléber Mendoca Filho
  • Kleber Mendonca Filho
  • KMF
  • Kleber de Mendonça Vasconcellos Filho

Biography

Kleber Mendonça Filho (born November 22, 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. With a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as a film critic and journalist. As a director, he experimented with fiction, documentary, and video clips in the 1990s. He migrated from video to digital and 35 mm film in the 2000s. Over the course of that decade, he made several short films. "O Som ao Redor" (Neighbouring Sounds, 2013) was Mendonça's first feature-length drama, winning numerous awards. Mendonça's films have…