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.
Filmography
Cineastas de Invenção
2026
Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas
2025
as Chefe
Com as Próprias Mãos
2023
as Self
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
2020
as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self
Os Espetaculares
2020
Ivan, the TerrirBle
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
2019
as Self
Dunas do Barato
2017
as Self
Redemption
2017
as Lauro
Pitanga
2016
as Self
- No poster
Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
2013
as Himself
Ecos de Cannes
2008
Milagrez
2008
as Self
Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
2006
A Marca do Terrir
2005
as Self
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
as Himself (archive footage)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self / Interviewee
Razor in the Flesh
1997
as Man in Club (Cameo)
Dib
1997
as Self
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
1991
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
1991
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)