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Carlos Diegues

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.

Et billede af Carlos Diegues

Directing

1962

[ ] Five Times Favela (Director)

1963

[ ] Ganga Zumba (Director)

1966

[ ] The Big City (Director)

1967

[ ] Oito Universitários (Director)

1970

[ ] The Heirs (Director)
[ ] Un Séjour (Director)

1972

[ ] When Carnaval Comes (Director)

1973

[ ] Joanna Francesa (Director)

1976

[ ] Xica (Director)

1978

[ ] Summer Showers (Director)

1980

[ ] Bye Bye Brazil (Director)

1984

[ ] Quilombo (Director)

1987

[ ] Subway to the Stars (Director)

1989

[ ] Better Days Ahead (Director)

1994

[ ] Rio's Love Song (Director)

1996

[ ] Tieta of Agreste (Director)

1999

[ ] Orfeu (Director)

2003

[ ] God Is Brazilian (Director)

2006

[ ] The Greatest Love of All (Director)
[ ] Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra (Director)

2013

[ ] River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis (Director)
[ ] VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro (Director)

2018

[ ] The Great Mystical Circus (Director)

2026

[ ] God Is Still Brazilian (Director)

????

[ ] Cine Teatro Iris (Director)

Writing

1962

[ ] Five Times Favela (Writer)

1963

[ ] Ganga Zumba (Writer)

1966

[ ] The Big City (Screenplay)

1967

[ ] Adorable Trapalhão (Writer)

1969

[ ] Pobre Príncipe Encantado (Screenstory)

1970

[ ] The Heirs (Writer)

1972

[ ] When Carnaval Comes (Writer)

1973

[ ] Joanna Francesa (Screenplay)

1974

[ ] The Star Rises (Writer)

1976

[ ] Xica (Writer)

1978

[ ] Summer Showers (Screenplay)

1979

[ ] Na Boca do Mundo (Story)

1980

[ ] Bye Bye Brazil (Writer)

1984

[ ] Quilombo (Writer)

1987

[ ] Subway to the Stars (Writer)

1988

[ ] Luzia Homem (Screenplay)

1989

[ ] Better Days Ahead (Writer)

1994

[ ] Rio's Love Song (Writer)

1996

[ ] Tieta of Agreste (Screenplay)

1999

[ ] Orfeu (Writer)

2003

[ ] God Is Brazilian (Screenplay)

2006

[ ] The Greatest Love of All (Screenplay)

2018

[ ] The Great Mystical Circus (Screenplay)

Production

1963

[ ] Ganga Zumba (Producer)

1966

[ ] The Big City (Producer)

1967

[ ] Entranced Earth (Associate Producer)

1968

[ ] Capitu (Producer)

1970

[ ] The Heirs (Producer)

1972

[ ] When Carnaval Comes (Producer)

1978

[ ] Ponto das Ervas (Executive Producer)

1984

[ ] Quilombo (Producer)

1989

[ ] Better Days Ahead (Producer)

1996

[ ] Tieta of Agreste (Co-Producer)

2001

[ ] Bufo & Spallanzani (Associate Producer)

2010

[ ] 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (Producer)
[ ] Bróder (Associate Producer)

2013

[ ] Giovanni Improtta (Producer)
[ ] VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro (Producer)

2014

[ ] Getulio (Associate Producer)
[ ] A Noite da Virada (Associate Producer)

2015

[ ] Any Stray Cat 2 (Associate Producer)
[ ] Till Luck Do Us: Part 3 (Associate Producer)
[ ] Loucas pra Casar (Associate Producer)
[ ] Operações Especiais (Associate Producer)
[ ] Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme (Associate Producer)
[ ] Drop Dead Gorgeous (Associate Producer)
[ ] Little Book of Love 2 (Associate Producer)

2016

[ ] Um Suburbano Sortudo (Associate Producer)
[ ] A Boyfriend for My Wife (Associate Producer)
[ ] O Shaolin do Sertão (Associate Producer)
[ ] Aquarius (Associate Producer)
[ ] Elis (Associate Producer)

2017

[ ] The Movie of My Life (Associate Producer)
[ ] João, o Maestro (Associate Producer)
[ ] Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl (Associate Producer)
[ ] Fala Sério, Mãe! (Associate Producer)
[ ] Party Crashers 2 (Associate Producer)
[ ] The Tumbling Trapalhões: Heading to Hollywood (Associate Producer)

2018

[ ] Running After (Associate Producer)

2019

[ ] Os Parças 2 (Associate Producer)
[ ] Vai que Cola 2: O Começo (Associate Producer)
[ 7/10 ] Bacurau (Associate Producer)
[ ] Head Over Heels 3 (Associate Producer)
[ ] O Amor Dá Trabalho (Associate Producer)
[ ] Simonal (Associate Producer)
[ ] O Juízo (Associate Producer)

2020

[ ] De Perto Ela Não é Normal (Associate Producer)
[ ] Three Summers (Associate Producer)
[ ] Burning Night (Associate Producer)
[ ] Não Vamos Pagar Nada (Associate Producer)
[ ] Verlust (Associate Producer)

2021

[ ] Dr. Gama (Producer)
[ ] Insensate (Associate Producer)
[ ] Juntos e Enrolados (Associate Producer)

2022

[ ] Uma Pitada de Sorte (Associate Producer)
[ ] Suspension Points (Associate Producer)
[ ] Our Children (Associate Producer)
[ ] 45 do Segundo Tempo (Associate Producer)

2024

[ ] Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll (Producer)

2025

[ ] White House (Associate Producer)
[ ] Malês (Associate Producer)

Editing

1965

[ ] O Circo (Editor)

Art

1972

[ ] When Carnaval Comes (Art Direction)

Actor

1967

[ ] Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (Self)

1972

[ ] The Suns of Easter Island (????)

1978

[ ] Summer Showers (Homem lendo jornal)

1980

[ ] Fênix (Self)
[ ] Cinématon IX (N°83)

1984

[ ] Making of - Quilombo (Self)

1989

[ ] Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo (Self)

1991

[ ] Que Viva Glauber! (????)

1994

[ ] Rio's Love Song (????)

1997

[ ] Dib (Self)
[ ] Nelson Sargento (Self)

1998

[ ] For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (????)

2001

[ ] 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness (Self)

2002

[ ] At the Edge of the Earth (Self)

2003

[ ] Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (Self / Interviewee)

2005

[ ] Looking for Black Orpheus (Self)
[ ] Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (Self)

2006

[ ] Depois do Transe (Self)
[ ] Referências (Self)

2009

[ ] Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (Self)

2011

[ ] Consideração do Poema (????)
[ ] Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (Self (archive footage))

2013

[ ] Dossiê Jango (Self)
[ ] Giovanni Improtta (Vizinho)

2015

[ ] Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (Self)
[ ] Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (Self)

2016

[ ] Pitanga (Self)
[ ] Cinema Novo (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

2017

[ ] Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone (????)
[ ] Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (Self)

2019

[ ] Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (Self)
[ ] Memórias do Grupo Opinião (Self)
[ ] Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (Self)

2020

[ ] Arroz, Feijão e Cinema (Self)
[ ] Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (Self)
[ ] Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (Self)

2021

[ ] The Good Cinema (Self)

2022

[ ] Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (Self (archive footage))

2023

[ ] Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta (Self)

2024

[ ] Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” (Self)
[ ] Tributo: Zezé Motta (Self)