Carlos Diegues
Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil — May 19 1940• Died Feb 14 2025
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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.
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Carlos Diegues's Credits
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Orfeu
Directing
Bacurau
Production
Aquarius
Production
Bufo & Spallanzani
Production
O Amor Dá Trabalho
Production
Pitanga
Self
O Juízo
Production
De Perto Ela Não é Normal
Production
Quilombo
Directing
Malês
Production
Bye Bye Brazil
Writing
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
God Is Brazilian
Directing
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self
Bróder
Production
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
Self
The Movie of My Life
Production
Fala Sério, Mãe!
Production
45 do Segundo Tempo
Production
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
1961
Self
Dr. Gama
Production
Party Crashers 2
Production
Dib
Self
Running After
Production
Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll
Production
The Good Cinema
Self
Xica
Directing
Capitu
Production
Suspension Points
Production
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
God Is Still Brazilian
Directing
Entranced Earth
Production
Ganga Zumba
Directing
The Suns of Easter Island
Não Vamos Pagar Nada
Production
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Production
Getulio
Production
The Great Mystical Circus
Directing
Insensate
Production
Our Children
Production
Elis
Production
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
Subway to the Stars
Directing
At the Edge of the Earth
Self
Referências
Self
Three Summers
Production
Tieta of Agreste
Writing
Consideração do Poema
Simonal
Production
Na Boca do Mundo
Writing
O Shaolin do Sertão
Production
Joanna Francesa
Directing
Giovanni Improtta
Vizinho
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
Self
Um Suburbano Sortudo
Production
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
The Star Rises
Writing
White House
Production
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Self
Burning Night
Production
Depois do Transe
Self
Loucas pra Casar
Production
Claves, 2: We will return younger
himself
Verlust
Production
The Big City
Production
Adorable Trapalhão
Writing
A Noite da Virada
Production
Looking for Black Orpheus
Self
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Better Days Ahead
Directing
The Tumbling Trapalhões: Heading to Hollywood
Production
Luzia Homem
Writing
Five Times Favela
Directing
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self / Interviewee
Os Parças 2
Production
João, o Maestro
Production
Head Over Heels 3
Production
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl
Production
Summer Showers
Homem lendo jornal
Pobre Príncipe Encantado
Writing
Uma Pitada de Sorte
Production
Rio's Love Song
Any Stray Cat 2
Production
Dossiê Jango
Self
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
Self
Operações Especiais
Production
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
Directing
The Heirs
Directing
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Self
Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme
Production
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
Self
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Production
Vai que Cola 2: O Começo
Production
Tributo: Zezé Motta
Self
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
Self
Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
Production
A Boyfriend for My Wife
Production
Fênix
Self
Juntos e Enrolados
Production
Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country
Self
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Self
Little Book of Love 2
Production
The Greatest Love of All
Directing
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Self
Oito Universitários
Directing
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Self
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
himself
When Carnaval Comes
Directing
Nelson Sargento
Self
Cinématon IX
N°83
Que Viva Glauber!
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Self
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Self
River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis
Directing
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
Self
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Directing
Cine Teatro Iris
Directing
O Circo
Editing
Making of - Quilombo
Self
Un Séjour
Directing
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
Self
Ponto das Ervas
Production