Alberto Cavalcanti
Directing
Born: 1897-02-06 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: 1982-08-23
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Cavalcanti
2026
Self (archive footage)
Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti
1982
Screenplay
Le Voyageur du silence
1978
Director
Um Homem e o Cinema
1976
Director
Grierson
1973
Self
La visite de la vieille dame
1971
Director
Alberto Cavalcanti
1970
Self
Lettres de Stalingrad
1969
Astronomer
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961
Director
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960
Director
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
Director
The Wind Rose
1957
Director
A Real Woman
1955
Director
Song of the Sea
1953
Director
Simão, o Caolho
1952
Director
Angela
1951
Writer
Terra é Sempre Terra
1951
Producer
Caiçara
1950
Producer
For Them That Trespass
1949
Director
The First Gentleman
1948
Director
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
Director
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
Director
Dead of Night
1945
Director
Champagne Charlie
1944
Director
Three Songs of Resistance
1944
Director
Greek Testament
1943
Producer
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
Director
Went the Day Well?
1942
Director
Alice in Switzerland
1942
Director
Find, Fix and Strike
1942
Producer