Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso, better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since.
Known For
Two Sons of Francisco
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Viramundo
(1965)
Original Music Composer
The Dare
(1965)
Songs
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Os Marginais
(1968)
Music
Contestação
(1969)
Songs
Copacabana Fools Me
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Meu Nome é Gal
(1970)
Original Music Composer
S. Bernardo
(1972)
Original Music Composer
Lady on the Bus
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Índia, a Filha do Sol
(1982)
Music
Talking Cinema
(1986)
Music Director
Les Yeux au Plafond
(1993)
Music
Rio's Love Song
(1994)
Music
The Quartet
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Tieta of Agreste
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Orfeu
(1999)
Music
Lisbela and the Prisoner
(2003)
Music
My Uncle Killed a Guy
(2004)
Music Director
Two Sons of Francisco
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
(2007)
Music
Romance
(2008)
Original Music Composer
The Well Beloved One
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Brazil is thee Haiti is (t)here
(2020)
Music
Acting
Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show
(1966)
Self
A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo
(1968)
Bahia, For Example
(1969)
Self
The Heirs
(1970)
O Tempo e o Som
(1970)
Self
The Demiurge
(1972)
Demiurgo
Loucura e Cultura
(1973)
Self
Conteúdo Zero, um Filme para Desentendidos
(1974)
Self
Os Doces Bárbaros
(1977)
Self
HO
(1979)
Self
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque
(1980)
Self
Fênix
(1980)
Self
Brasil
(1981)
Self
O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões
(1981)
Self
The King of the Candle
(1982)
Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo
(1982)
New Wave
(1983)
Self
Tabu
(1983)
Lamartine Babo
Corações a Mil
(1983)
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
(1983)
Self
Talking Cinema
(1986)
Self / Singer "Língua"
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
(1987)
Self
Sermões: A História de Antônio Vieira
(1989)
A Embaixatriz do Samba
(1991)
Self
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
(1992)
Self
The Mandarin
(1995)
Lamartine Babo
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
(1996)
Self
Orfeu
(1999)
Cantor
Pavarotti & Friends 7 - For Cambodia and Tibet
(2000)
Self
Samba Riachão
(2001)
Self
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
(2001)
Self
Rita Lee: 3001
(2001)
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
(2001)
Talk to Her
(2002)
Singer at Party
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
(2002)
Self
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
(2002)
Self
Caetano Veloso: Noites do Norte – Ao Vivo
(2002)
Self
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
(2002)
Self
Caetano Veloso – Un Caballero De Fina Estampa
(2003)
Self
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
(2003)
Self
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
(2003)
Self
Welcome to São Paulo
(2004)
Narrator
MPB dos Tempos da Repressão
(2004)
Self
Heliorama
(2004)
Self
Miguel's Destiny
(2004)
Garçom
O Baú do Raul - Uma Homenagem a Raul Seixas
(2004)
Self
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
(2005)
Self
Vinicius de Moraes
(2005)
Self - Singer 'Poema dos Olhos da Amada'
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
(2006)
Self
Fabricating Tom Zé
(2006)
Self
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
(2006)
Self
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
(2006)
Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda
(2007)
Self
Pixote In Memoriam
(2007)
Self
Fados
(2007)
Self
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra
(2007)
Self
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque
(2007)
Self
Jorge Ben Jor - Energia
(2007)
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
(2008)
Self
Permanent Pan-Cinema
(2008)
Self
Before and After S. Bernardo
(2008)
Self
Um Barzinho, Um Violão: Novelas Anos 70
(2008)
Self - interpreta Moça
Beyond Ipanema
(2009)
Self
Wandering Heart
(2009)
Self
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
A Night in 67
(2010)
Self
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo
(2011)
Self
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
(2011)
Self
Rock Brasília - Era de Ouro
(2011)
Self
Consideração do Poema
(2011)
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
(2012)
Self
Tropicália
(2012)
Self
Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
(2012)
Self
Music According to Tom Jobim
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Agamenon: The Film
(2012)
Self
Aperana Street 52
(2012)
Self
A Farra do Circo
(2013)
Self
Multishow ao Vivo: Caetano Veloso – Abraçaço
(2014)
Self
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
(2015)
Self
Two Friends, a Century of Music
(2015)
Self
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
(2015)
Self
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
(2015)
Self
Guitarra Baiana - A Voz do Carnaval
(2016)
Self
Pitanga
(2016)
Self
Caetano Veloso - Zii e Zie
(2016)
Self
Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso - A Música de Tom Jobim
(2016)
Self
Casa de Samba
(2016)
Self
Axé: Music of a People
(2017)
Self
Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
(2017)
Self
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
(2017)
Self
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
(2017)
Self
Tropicália: 50 Anos
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Gabeira
(2017)
Caetano Veloso
Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Dê Lembranças a Todos
(2018)
Self
Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
(2018)
Self
Emicida: 10 Anos de Triunfo - Ao vivo
(2018)
Self
Fevereiros
(2019)
Self
Amigo Arrigo
(2019)
Self
Orlamundo
(2019)
Self
Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star
(2019)
Self
Narcissus Off Duty
(2020)
Self
Caetano Veloso - Live
(2020)
Self
Race Antenna
(2020)
Self
Ney - À Flor da Pele
(2020)
Self
Numéro un - Demis Roussos
(2020)
Self
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
(2021)
Self
Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos
(2022)
Self
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Grupo Corpo pela música
(2023)
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
They Shot the Piano Player
(2023)
Self (voice)
A Última Vanguarda
(2024)
Self
Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes
(2024)
Narrator
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
(2024)
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
(2024)
Self
Directing
Talking Cinema
(1986)
Director
Welcome to São Paulo
(2004)
Director
Gal Costa: Recanto – Ao Vivo
(2013)
Director
Writing
Production