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
Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
(2007)
Music
Lady on the Bus
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Orfeu
(1999)
Music
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
O Tempo e o Som
(1970)
Self
The Heirs
(1970)
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
Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo
(1982)
The King of the Candle
(1982)
Tabu
(1983)
Lamartine Babo
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
(1983)
Self
New Wave
(1983)
Self
Corações a Mil
(1983)
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
Rita Lee: 3001
(2001)
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
(2001)
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
(2001)
Self
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
(2002)
Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
(2002)
Self
Talk to Her
(2002)
Singer at Party
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
(2002)
Self
Caetano Veloso: Noites do Norte – Ao Vivo
(2002)
Self
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
(2003)
Self
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
(2003)
Self
Caetano Veloso – Un Caballero De Fina Estampa
(2003)
Self
Welcome to São Paulo
(2004)
Narrator
O Baú do Raul - Uma Homenagem a Raul Seixas
(2004)
Self
Miguel's Destiny
(2004)
Garçom
Heliorama
(2004)
Self
MPB dos Tempos da Repressão
(2004)
Self
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
(2005)
Self
Vinicius de Moraes
(2005)
Self - Singer 'Poema dos Olhos da Amada'
Fabricating Tom Zé
(2006)
Self
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
(2006)
Self
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
(2006)
Self
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
(2006)
Jorge Ben Jor - Energia
(2007)
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque
(2007)
Self
Fados
(2007)
Self
Pixote In Memoriam
(2007)
Self
Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda
(2007)
Self
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra
(2007)
Self
Permanent Pan-Cinema
(2008)
Self
Um Barzinho, Um Violão: Novelas Anos 70
(2008)
Self - interpreta Moça
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
(2008)
Self
Before and After S. Bernardo
(2008)
Self
Beyond Ipanema
(2009)
Self
Wandering Heart
(2009)
Self
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
A Night in 67
(2010)
Self
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
(2011)
Self
Consideração do Poema
(2011)
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo
(2011)
Self
Rock Brasília - Era de Ouro
(2011)
Self
Aperana Street 52
(2012)
Self
Agamenon: The Film
(2012)
Self
Music According to Tom Jobim
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Tropicália
(2012)
Self
Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
(2012)
Self
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
(2012)
Self
A Farra do Circo
(2013)
Self
Multishow ao Vivo: Caetano Veloso – Abraçaço
(2014)
Self
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
(2015)
Self
Two Friends, a Century of Music
(2015)
Self
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
(2015)
Self
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
(2015)
Self
Casa de Samba
(2016)
Self
Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso - A Música de Tom Jobim
(2016)
Self
Caetano Veloso - Zii e Zie
(2016)
Self
Guitarra Baiana - A Voz do Carnaval
(2016)
Self
Pitanga
(2016)
Self
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
(2017)
Self
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
(2017)
Self
Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
(2017)
Self
Axé: Music of a People
(2017)
Self
Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Gabeira
(2017)
Caetano Veloso
Tropicália: 50 Anos
(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
Amigo Arrigo
(2019)
Self
Fevereiros
(2019)
Self
Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star
(2019)
Self
Orlamundo
(2019)
Self
Race Antenna
(2020)
Self
Ney - À Flor da Pele
(2020)
Self
Narcissus Off Duty
(2020)
Self
Caetano Veloso - Live
(2020)
Self
Numéro un - Demis Roussos
(2020)
Self
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
(2021)
Self
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos
(2022)
Self
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Grupo Corpo pela música
(2023)
They Shot the Piano Player
(2023)
Self (voice)
A Última Vanguarda
(2024)
Self
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
(2024)
Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes
(2024)
Narrator
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
(2024)
Self
Production
Directing
Talking Cinema
(1986)
Director
Welcome to São Paulo
(2004)
Director
Gal Costa: Recanto – Ao Vivo
(2013)
Director
Writing