Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
May 15, 1941 (84 years old)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Also Known As
- Neville de Almeida
- Neville Duarte D'Almeida
- Neville D'Almeida
- Neville Duarte
- Neville Duarte de D'Almeida
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.
Known For
Acting
Directing
The Cold Front Brought by the Rain
Director, Producer, Art Direction, Adaptation
2016
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
Screenplay, Adaptation, Producer, Music Supervisor, Executive Producer, Director
1991
Rio Babilonia
Original Story, Screenplay, Director
1982
The Seven Kittens
Adaptation, Screenplay, Producer, Director
1980
Lady on the Bus
Associate Producer, Adaptation, Screenplay, Director
1978