Neville d'Almeida | |
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 d'Almeida in 2014 | |
| Born | Neville Duarte de Almeida 1941 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, actor, artist, photographer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
Notable work | Lady on the Bus Killed the Family and Went to the Movies |
Neville Duarte de Almeida (born 1941), known as Neville d'Almeida, is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, objects of art and performance.
D'Almeida was born in Belo Horizonte into a Methodist family. He studied theater at the TU (Teatro Universitário de Minas Gerais), participated in the Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos (Center of Film Studies), and the Centro Mineiro Experimental when he started to work as an filmmaker. [1] Some of its transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship. His 1978 film Lady on the Bus, starring Sônia Braga, is the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time [2]
In 1970 he went to New York, where he collaborated with Hélio Oiticica in the art installation Cosmococas. [3]
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