Carlos Diegues

Personal Info

Birthday

May 19, 1940

Day of Death

2025-02-14

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

Also Known As

Carlos Diegues

Biography

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.

Known For

Giovanni Improtta

Cinématon IX

Summer Showers

Filmography

2023
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
as Self
2022
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Good Cinema
as Self
2020
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
as Self
2019
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
as Self
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2016
Pitanga
as Self
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
2013
Dossiê Jango
as Self
Giovanni Improtta
as Vizinho
2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
as Self
2006
Depois do Transe
as Self
Referências
as Self
2005
Looking for Black Orpheus
as Self
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self / Interviewee
2002
At the Edge of the Earth
as Self
2001
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
as Self
1997
Dib
as Self
Nelson Sargento
as Self
1989
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
as Self
1984
Making of - Quilombo
as Self
1980
Cinématon IX
as N°83
Fênix
as Self
1978
Summer Showers
as Homem lendo jornal
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self