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Carlos Diegues
Born
May 19, 1940
Died: Feb 14, 2025
Lived 84 years
Place of Birth
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
44
Movies
5
TV Shows
25
Directed
Also Known As
Carlos Diegues
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Carlos Diegues
Directing
Biography
Carlos José Fontes Diegues OMC, known as Cacá Diegues (Maceió, May 19, 1940 – Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2025), was a Brazilian filmmaker. He was one of the founders of Cinema Novo.
Movies
44
TV Shows
5
Director
25
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
as
Self
2024
Tributo: Zezé Motta
as
Self
2024
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
as
Self
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Good Cinema
as
Self
2021
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
as
Self
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as
Self
2020
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
as
Self
2020
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
as
Self
2019
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as
Self
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as
Self
2019
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
Cast
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as
Self
2017
Pitanga
as
Self
2016
Cinema Novo
as
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as
Self
2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as
Self
2015
Dossiê Jango
as
Self
2013
Giovanni Improtta
as
Vizinho
2013
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as
Self (archive footage)
2011
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