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Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982)

Director | Producer | Writer

Born in Brazil, 1897. Alberto Cavalcanti's early career began in France between 1920 and 1933, working as writer, art director and director. He directed the avant-garde documentary Nothing But Time ("Nothing but Time"), a portrait of the lives of Parisian workers in a single day. He moved to England... See full bio »

Born:

Alberto De Almeida-Cavalcanti
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died:

(age 85) in Paris, France
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1977 Um Homem e o Cinema (documentary)
 
1971 La visite de la vieille dame (TV movie)
 
1969 Les empaillés (TV movie)
 
1967 Story of Israel
 
1962 Yerma
 
1961 The Monster of Highgate Ponds
 
1960 Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (as Cavalcanti)
 
1959 Venetian Honeymoon
 
1957 Die Windrose (Russian segment)
 
1954 A Real Woman
 
1952 Song of the Sea
 
1952 Simon the One-Eyed
 
1949 For Them That Trespass
 
1948 Affairs of a Rogue
 
1947 I Became a Criminal (as Cavalcanti)
 
1947 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (as Cavalcanti)
 
1945 Dead of Night (segments "Christmas Party" and "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" / as Cavalcanti)
 
1944 Champagne Charlie (as Cavalcanti)
 
1944 The Halfway House (uncredited)
 
1943 Waterlight (documentary)
 
1942 Went the Day Well? (as Cavalcanti)
 
1942 Alice in Switzerland (documentary)
 
1942 Film and Reality (documentary) (compilation)
 
1941 Yellow Caesar (documentary short)
 
1939 A Midsummer Day's Work (documentary short)
 
1939 Men of the Alps (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1938 Four Barriers (documentary)
 
1938 Mony a Pickle (short) (segment director)
 
1937 The Line to Tschierva Hut (documentary)
 
1937 We Live in Two Worlds (documentary short)
 
1937 Who Writes to Switzerland (documentary)
 
1936 Message from Geneva (documentary)
 
1935 Coal Face (documentary short)
 
1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (short) (as A. Cavalcanti)
 
1934 New Rates (documentary)
 
1934 The Glorious Sixth of June (short)
 
1933 Coralie and Company
 
1933 Le mari garçon
 
1933 Plaisirs défendus (documentary)
 
1932 En lisant le journal (documentary)
 
1932 Le jour du frotteur (documentary)
 
1932 Le truc du Brésilien (as Cavalcanti)
 
1932 Nous ne ferons jamais le cinéma (documentary)
 
1932 Revue montmartroise (documentary)
 
1932 Tour de chant (documentary)
 
1931 À mi-chemin du ciel
 
1931 Les vacances du diable
 
1931 Dans une île perdue
 
1930 A Canção do Berço
 
1930 Toute sa vie
 
1930 Little Red Riding Hood
 
1930 Nothing But Time (documentary)
 
1930 Vous verrez la semaine prochaine (documentary)
 
1929 Captain Fracasse
 
1929 La jalousie du barbouillé
 
1928 En rade
 
1928 Yvette
 
1927 La p'tite Lili (short)
 
1927 Train Without Eyes
 
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1954 A Real Woman (producer)
 
1952 Song of the Sea (producer)
 
1952 Santuário (documentary short) (producer)
 
1951 Painel (documentary short) (producer)
 
1951 Terra É Sempre Terra (producer)
 
1950 Caiçara (producer)
 
1944 The Halfway House (associate producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1942 The Foreman Went to France (associate producer)
 
1942 The Big Blockade (associate producer)
 
1942 Find, Fix and Strike (documentary short) (producer)
 
1942 Greek Testament (documentary) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1940 Men of the Lightship (documentary short) (producer)
 
1940 Salvage with a Smile (short) (associate producer)
 
1940 Spring Offensive (short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1940 Squadron 992 (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1940 Young Veteran (documentary short) (producer)
 
1939 Forty Million People (documentary short) (producer)
 
1939 Love on the Wing (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1939 Men in Danger (documentary short) (producer)
 
1939 Spare Time (documentary short) (producer)
 
1939 The First Days (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1938 North Sea (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1938 N or NW (short) (supervising producer)
 
1938 Speaking from America (documentary short) (producer)
 
1938 The HPO - Heavenly Post Office (short) (producer)
 
1937 Big Money (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1937 Book Bargain (documentary short) (producer)
 
1937 Daily Round (short) (producer)
 
1937 Roadways (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1937 The Saving of Bill Blewitt (short) (producer)
 
1936 Big Money (documentary short) (producer - as Cavalcanti)
 
1936 Rainbow Dance (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 BBC: The Voice of Britain (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (15 titles)
1960 Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (as Cavalcanti)
 
1957 Die Windrose (Brazilian segment)
 
1954 A Real Woman (story)
 
1952 Song of the Sea
 
1952 Simon the One-Eyed
 
1951 Ângela
 
1950 Caiçara (story)
 
1935 Coal Face (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 À mi-chemin du ciel (adaptation)
 
1931 Les vacances du diable (screenplay)
 
1930 Little Red Riding Hood (loose adaptation)
 
1929 Captain Fracasse (writer)
 
1929 La jalousie du barbouillé (writer)
 
1928 En rade (writer)
 
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1936 Night Mail (documentary short) (sound director)
 
1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (short) (sound designer - uncredited)
 
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (sound designer - uncredited)
 
1934 The Song of Ceylon (documentary short) (sound supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1969 Letters from Stalingrad
Astronomer
 
1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (short)
J. Leviticus (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (2 titles)
1941 Turned Out Nice Again (consultant art director)
 
1941 The Ghost of St. Michael's (consultant art director)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1926 The Living Dead Man (assistant director)
 
1924 La galerie des monstres (assistant director)
 
Show ShowArt Director (2 titles)
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1923 Résurrection
 
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1921 Eldorado
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1977 Um Homem e o Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Grierson (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– La première vague (1968) … Himself
 
1929 Paris-Cinéma (documentary short)
 
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 107-112. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

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