Alberto Cavalcanti
Biography
Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law or politics. Cavalcanti chose to study architecture instead. At 18 he moved to Paris to work for an architect, later swi…
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Filmography
Acting (7)
Movies (6)
Crew (103)
Movies (103)
Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti
1982Screenplay
Le Voyageur du silence
1978Director
Um Homem e o Cinema
1976Director
La visite de la vieille dame
1971Director
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961Director
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960Director
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960Screenplay
Venetian Honeymoon
1959Director
The Wind Rose
1957Director
The Wind Rose
1957Screenplay
A Real Woman
1955Director
A Real Woman
1955Idea
Song of the Sea
1953Director
Song of the Sea
1953Producer
Song of the Sea
1953Writer
Simão, o Caolho
1952Director
Simão, o Caolho
1952Writer
Terra é Sempre Terra
1951Producer
Angela
1951Writer
Caiçara
1950Producer
Caiçara
1950Story
For Them That Trespass
1949Director
The First Gentleman
1948Director
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947Director
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947Director
Dead of Night
1945Director
Three Songs of Resistance
1944Director
Champagne Charlie
1944Director
The Sky’s the Limit
1943Director
Greek Testament
1943Producer
Film and Reality
1942Director
Find, Fix and Strike
1942Producer
Alice in Switzerland
1942Director
Went the Day Well?
1942Director
The Foreman Went to France
1942Associate Producer
Yellow Caesar
1941Director
La Cause Commune
1940Director
Mastery of the Sea
1940Director
French Communique
1940Director
Salvage with a Smile
1940Associate Producer
Young Veteran
1940Director
Young Veteran
1940Producer
Sea Fort
1940Producer
A Midsummer Day's Work
1939Director
Spare Time
1939Producer
Cargoes
1939Producer
The First Days
1939Producer
The Chiltern Country
1939Director
Men of the Alps
1939Director
Speaking from America
1938Producer
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938Director
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938Producer
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938Script
North Sea
1938Producer
N or NW
1938Producer
Mony a Pickle
1938Director
The Line to Tschierva Hut
1937Director
The Line to Tschierva Hut
1937Writer
We Live in Two Worlds
1937Director
Daily Round
1937Producer
Message from Genova
1936Director
Rainbow Dance
1936Producer
BBC: The Voice of Britain
1935Producer
The King's Stamp
1935Producer
Coal Face
1935Director
Coal Face
1935Writer
New Rates
1934Director
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934Director
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934Editor
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934Writer
The Glorious Sixth of June
1934Director
Granton Trawler
1934Sound Designer
Coralie and Company
1934Director
The Song of Ceylon
1934Sound Supervisor
Montmartre qui tourne
1934Director
Plaisirs défendus
1933Director
Le mari garçon
1933Director
Tour of Song
1932Director
The Brazilian thing
1932Director
The Devil's Holiday
1931Director
Halfway Up the Sky
1931Director
In a lost island
1931Director
Little Red Riding Hood
1930Adaptation
Little Red Riding Hood
1930Director
Little Red Riding Hood
1930Editor
A Canção do Berço
1930Director
Toute sa vie
1930Director
Captain Fracasse
1929Director
Train Without Eyes
1929Director
La jalousie du barbouillé
1927Director
Yvette
1927Director
Yvette
1927Writer
La P’tite Lili
1927Director
Sea Fever
1927Director
Sea Fever
1927Writer
The Little People
1927Production Design
Essais d'acteurs : Ève Francis
1926Director
Nothing but Time
1926Director
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925Art Direction
The Inhuman Woman
1924Art Direction
The Gallery of Monsters
1924Assistant Director
Résurrection
1923Production Design
El Dorado
1921Costume Design
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