Carlos José 'Cacá' Fontes Diegues is an award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and one of the founders of the Brazilian New Cinema (Cinema Novo) movement.
Full Filmography
Directing
Cinco Vezes Favela
(1962)
Director
Ganga Zumba
(1963)
Director
The Big City
(1966)
Director
Oito Universitários
(1967)
Director
The Heirs
(1970)
Director
Un Séjour
(1970)
Director
When Carnaval Comes
(1972)
Director
Joanna Francesa
(1973)
Director
Xica
(1976)
Director
Summer Showers
(1978)
Director
Bye Bye Brazil
(1980)
Director
Quilombo
(1984)
Director
Subway to the Stars
(1987)
Director
Better Days Ahead
(1989)
Director
Rio's Love Song
(1994)
Director
Tieta of Agreste
(1996)
Director
Orfeu
(1999)
Director
God Is Brazilian
(2003)
Director
The Greatest Love of All
(2006)
Director
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
(2006)
Director
Rio de Fé - Um Encontro Com Papa Francisco
(2013)
Director
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
(2013)
Director
The Great Mystical Circus
(2018)
Director
Acting
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
(1967)
Self
The Suns of Easter Island
(1972)
Summer Showers
(1978)
Homem lendo jornal
Fênix
(1980)
Self
Cinématon IX
(1980)
N°83
Making of - Quilombo
(1984)
Self
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
(1989)
Self
Que Viva Glauber!
(1991)
Rio's Love Song
(1994)
Dib
(1997)
Self
Nelson Sargento
(1997)
Self
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
(1998)
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
(2001)
Self
At the Edge of the Earth
(2002)
Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
(2003)
Self / Interviewee
Looking for Black Orpheus
(2005)
Self
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
(2005)
Self
Depois do Transe
(2006)
Self
Referências
(2006)
Self
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
(2009)
Self
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Consideração do Poema
(2011)
Dossiê Jango
(2013)
Self
Giovanni Improtta
(2013)
Vizinho
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
(2015)
Self
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
(2015)
Self
Pitanga
(2016)
Self
Cinema Novo
(2016)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
(2017)
Self
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
(2017)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
(2019)
Self
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
(2019)
Self
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
(2019)
Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
(2020)
Self
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
(2020)
Self
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
(2020)
Self
The Good Cinema
(2021)
Self
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
Cinco Vezes Favela
(1962)
Writer
Ganga Zumba
(1963)
Writer
The Big City
(1966)
Screenplay
Adorável Trapalhão
(1967)
Writer
Pobre Príncipe Encantado
(1969)
Screenstory
The Heirs
(1970)
Writer
When Carnaval Comes
(1972)
Writer
Joanna Francesa
(1973)
Screenplay
The Star Rises
(1974)
Writer
Xica
(1976)
Writer
Summer Showers
(1978)
Screenplay
Na Boca do Mundo
(1979)
Story
Bye Bye Brazil
(1980)
Writer
Quilombo
(1984)
Writer
Subway to the Stars
(1987)
Writer
Luzia Homem
(1988)
Screenplay
Better Days Ahead
(1989)
Writer
Rio's Love Song
(1994)
Writer
Tieta of Agreste
(1996)
Screenplay
Orfeu
(1999)
Writer
God Is Brazilian
(2003)
Screenplay
The Greatest Love of All
(2006)
Screenplay
The Great Mystical Circus
(2018)
Screenplay
Production
Ganga Zumba
(1963)
Producer
The Big City
(1966)
Producer
Capitu
(1968)
Producer
The Heirs
(1970)
Producer
When Carnaval Comes
(1972)
Producer
Quilombo
(1984)
Producer
Better Days Ahead
(1989)
Producer
Tieta of Agreste
(1996)
Co-Producer
Bufo & Spallanzani
(2001)
Associate Producer
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
(2010)
Producer
Bróder
(2010)
Associate Producer
Giovanni Improtta
(2013)
Producer
A Noite da Virada
(2014)
Associate Producer
Getulio
(2014)
Associate Producer
Operações Especiais
(2015)
Associate Producer
Drop Dead Gorgeous
(2015)
Associate Producer
Little Book of Love 2
(2015)
Associate Producer
Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata 2
(2015)
Associate Producer
Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
(2015)
Associate Producer
Loucas pra Casar
(2015)
Associate Producer
Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme
(2015)
Associate Producer
Aquarius
(2016)
Associate Producer
Um Suburbano Sortudo
(2016)
Associate Producer
A Boyfriend for My Wife
(2016)
Associate Producer
O Shaolin do Sertão
(2016)
Associate Producer
Elis
(2016)
Associate Producer
The Movie of My Life
(2017)
Associate Producer
Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl
(2017)
Associate Producer
Fala Sério, Mãe!
(2017)
Associate Producer
Running After
(2018)
Associate Producer
De Pernas pro Ar 3
(2019)
Associate Producer
O Amor Dá Trabalho
(2019)
Associate Producer
Os Parças 2
(2019)
Associate Producer
Vai que Cola 2: O Começo
(2019)
Associate Producer
Bacurau
(2019)
Associate Producer
De Perto Ela Não é Normal
(2020)
Associate Producer
Three Summers
(2020)
Associate Producer
Burning Night
(2020)
Associate Producer
Não Vamos Pagar Nada
(2020)
Associate Producer
Dr. Gama
(2021)
Producer
Suspension Points
(2022)
Associate Producer
Our Children
(2022)
Associate Producer
45 do Segundo Tempo
(2022)
Associate Producer
Uma Pitada de Sorte
(2022)
Associate Producer
Aumenta que é Rock'n'Roll
(2024)
Producer
Editing
Art