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name: "Kleber Mendonça Filho"
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imdb_id: "nm2207625"
tmdb_id: 1016214
wikidata_id: "Q14940022"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "22 November 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-25T04:07:05.757781+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kleber Mendonça Filho

## Identity

Kleber Mendonça Filho

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kleber-mendonca-filho
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kleber-mendonca-filho
- **IMDb ID:** nm2207625
- **TMDB ID:** 1016214
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14940022
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14940022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2207625/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1016214

Producer and director. Born 22 November 1968 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 22 November 1968, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
- **Active:** 2025–present
- **Also known as:** Kléber Mendoca Filho, Kleber Mendonca Filho, KMF, Kleber de Mendonça Vasconcellos Filho
- **Frequently works with:** [Alice Carvalho](https://film.one/person/alice-carvalho.md), [Emilie Lesclaux](https://film.one/person/emilie-lesclaux.md)
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14940022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2207625/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1016214

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Secret Agent*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kleber Mendonça Filho is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 22 November 1968 in Recife, Pernambuco, he holds a journalism degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco and began his career as a film critic and journalist before directing short films.

His narrative feature debut *Neighbouring Sounds* (2012) was followed by *Aquarius* (2016) and *Bacurau* (2019), the latter co-directed with Juliano Dornelles. Subsequent features include *Pictures of Ghosts* (2023) and *The Secret Agent* (2025), on which he also served as writer and producer. The latter won him the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.

He has produced several of his own projects and previously worked as a programmer for the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Secret Agent* (2025), Fi1m 84, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *South of Tehran* (2026), Director
- *The Secret Agent* (2025), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md)
- *Sleep with Your Eyes Open* (2024), Producer
- *Heartless* (2024), Producer
- *Seu Cavalcanti* (2024), Producer
- *Pictures of Ghosts* (2023), Sound Designer, Additional Photography, Writer, Director
- *Bacurau no Mapa* (2019), Director
- *Azougue Nazareth* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography* (2019), Actor
- *Bacurau* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Aquarius* (2016), Director, Screenplay
- *Recife, Cidade Roubada* (2014), as ele mesmo
- *The World Cup in Recife* (2014), Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Writer
- *Neighboring Sounds* (2012), Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Editor
- *Mens Sana in Corpore Sano* (2011), Producer
- *Jogo sem Gandula* (2011), Director, Sound, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *Cold Tropics* (2009), Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
- *Critic* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Animation, Finishing Producer, Editor, Camera Operator, Sound
- *Ocidente* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Décimo Segundo* (2007), Sound Editor
- *Friday Night, Saturday Morning* (2006), Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Story, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- *Eletrodoméstica* (2005), Director, Sound Editor, Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer, Foley Artist
- *Green Vinyl* (2004), Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Sound Editor, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
- *The Little Cotton Girl* (2002), Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
- *Caged In* (1997), Director, Writer, Additional Photography, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects, Foley Artist
- *Lixo nos Canais* (1995), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Keychain* (1995), Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
- *Peace to This House* (1994), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
- *Casa de Imagem* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Additional Photography
- *Homem de Projeção* (1992), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *Travelling* (1991), Director, Director of Photography
- *Rivers of Dust*, Director
- *Luz Industrial Mágica*, Writer, Cinematography, Director, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-6c0dce03be31.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho-6499.jpg/1280px-Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho-6499.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kleber Mendonca Filho on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-c8e47c8bf0b0.jpg) Kleber Mendonca Filho on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival. — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/2025_Kleber_Mendonca_Filho_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-2025_Kleber_Mendonca_Filho_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Presidenta Dilma Rousseff posa para foto com Elenco e o diretor do filme Aquarius, Kléber Mendonça, demonstram apoio à presidenta Dilma em Recife. (Recife - PE, (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-d669e401acd8.jpg) Presidenta Dilma Rousseff posa para foto com Elenco e o diretor do filme Aquarius, Kléber Mendonça, demonstram apoio à presidenta Dilma em Recife. (Recife - PE, (2016) — Dilma Rousseff from Brasília, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ato_Mulheres_pela_Democracia_contra_%C3%A0_Viol%C3%AAncia_%2827122841284%29.jpg/1280px-Ato_Mulheres_pela_Democracia_contra_%C3%A0_Viol%C3%AAncia_%2827122841284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Winners from 2025 Cannes Film Festival after awards ceremony](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-1a4e1cfddd49.jpg) Winners from 2025 Cannes Film Festival after awards ceremony — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cannes_2025_Award_Winners_Tighter_Shot.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2025_Award_Winners_Tighter_Shot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-49833f2231c7.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Image via TMDB
- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-a4512f96ab8a.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Image via TMDB
- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-19efaacd7ce5.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Image via TMDB
- ![Cannes 2025 Award Winners Wide Shot on Stage](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-c428722bce2b.jpg) Cannes 2025 Award Winners Wide Shot on Stage — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cannes_2025_Award_Winners_Wide_Shot_on_Stage.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2025_Award_Winners_Wide_Shot_on_Stage.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stars in the Walk of Fame in Cans, Spain. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-d5d7d772b6f9.jpg) Stars in the Walk of Fame in Cans, Spain. (2024) — Edvac, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Estrela_Cans._Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho%2C_director._Coloquios_2021.jpg/1280px-Estrela_Cans._Kleber_Mendon%C3%A7a_Filho%2C_director._Coloquios_2021.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-1f6a93987a5f.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Image via TMDB
- ![Kleber Mendonça Filho](https://film.one/media/person/7093/gallery-67615b6c2a65.jpg) Kleber Mendonça Filho — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2025: Cannes Best Director Award (won), for *The Secret Agent*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 2019: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Bacurau*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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