Neville Duarte de Almeida (born 1941), known as Neville d'Almeida, is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, objects of art and performance.
Life and career D'Almeida was born in Belo Horizonte into a Methodist family. He studied theater at the TU (Teatro Universitário de Minas Gerais), participated in the Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos (Center of Film Studies), and the Centro Mineiro Experimental when he started to work as an filmmaker. Some of its transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship. His 1978 film Lady on the Bus, starring Sônia Braga, is the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time
In 1970 he went to New York, where he collaborated with Hélio Oiticica in the art installation Cosmococas.
Filmography Director 1968: Jardim de Guerra 1971: Piranhas do Asfalto 1971: Mangue Bangue 1972: Gatos da Noite 1973: Surucucu Catiripapo 1978: Lady on the Bus 1980: Os Sete Gatinhos 1980: Música para Sempre 1982: Rio Babilônia 1991: Killed the Family and Went to the Movies 1997: Navalha na Carne 1999: Hoje é Dia de Rock 2005: Maksuara — Crepúsculo dos deuses 2015: A Frente Fria que a Chuva Traz
Actor 1968: Hunger for Love - Felipe's Roommate in New York 1968: The Red Light Bandit 1969: O Anjo Nasceu 1970: Sem Essa, Aranha 1971: Mangue Bangue 1985: Noite 1985: Areias Escaldantes - Espião 1988: Moon over Parador - Family Member 1989: Sermões, a História de Antônio Vieira - (final film role)
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