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.

Birthday

May 19, 1940

Place of birth

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

Deathday

Feb 14, 2025

Also known as

Carlos Diegues

Credited in

As cast

The Good Cinema
As Self
Summer Showers
As Homem lendo jornal
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
As Self
Looking for Black Orpheus
As Self
Consideração do Poema
As
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
As Self / Interviewee
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
As Self
Que Viva Glauber!
As
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
As Self
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
As Self
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
As Self
At the Edge of the Earth
As Self
Depois do Transe
As Self
Dossiê Jango
As Self
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
As Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
No picture available
As Self
Rio's Love Song
As
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
As Self
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
As
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
As Self (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
As Self
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
As Self (archive footage)
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
As Self
Giovanni Improtta
As Vizinho
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
As Self
Dib
As Self
The Suns of Easter Island
As
Making of - Quilombo
No picture available
As Self
Pitanga
As Self
Nelson Sargento
As Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
As Self
Cinema Novo
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
As
Fênix
As Self
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
As Self
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
As Self
Cinématon IX
No picture available
As N°83
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
As Self
Referências
As Self
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
As Self
Tributo: Zezé Motta
As Self

As crew

Oito Universitários
Role: Director
God Is Brazilian
Role: Director
Bye Bye Brazil
Role: Director
Bye Bye Brazil
Role: Writer
Tieta of Agreste
Role: Director
Tieta of Agreste
Role: Screenplay
The Big City
Role: Producer
Bufo & Spallanzani
Role: Associate Producer
Orfeu
Role: Director
Running After
Role: Associate Producer
The Big City
Role: Director
Dr. Gama
Role: Producer
Better Days Ahead
Role: Director
Quilombo
Role: Director
Subway to the Stars
Role: Director
God Is Still Brazilian
Role: Director
Ganga Zumba
Role: Director
Ganga Zumba
Role: Writer
The Heirs
Role: Director
Joanna Francesa
Role: Director
When Carnaval Comes
Role: Director
Xica
Role: Director
Five Times Favela
Role: Director
Summer Showers
Role: Director
The Greatest Love of All
Role: Director
Na Boca do Mundo
Role: Story
Adorable Trapalhão
Role: Writer
Giovanni Improtta
Role: Producer
The Big City
Role: Screenplay
River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis
Role: Director
Rio's Love Song
Role: Director
Orfeu
Role: Writer
Subway to the Stars
Role: Writer
Getulio
Role: Associate Producer
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Role: Producer
Bróder
Role: Associate Producer
Um Suburbano Sortudo
Role: Associate Producer
Any Stray Cat 2
Role: Associate Producer
Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
Role: Associate Producer
Loucas pra Casar
Role: Associate Producer
A Boyfriend for My Wife
Role: Associate Producer
The Great Mystical Circus
Role: Director
Operações Especiais
Role: Associate Producer
Luzia Homem
Role: Screenplay
Uma Pitada de Sorte
Role: Associate Producer
The Star Rises
No picture available
Role: Writer
Suspension Points
Role: Associate Producer
Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme
Role: Associate Producer
O Shaolin do Sertão
Role: Associate Producer
Os Parças 2
Role: Associate Producer
Vai que Cola 2: O Começo
Role: Associate Producer
Aquarius
Role: Associate Producer
O Circo
Role: Editor
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Role: Director
Quilombo
Role: Writer
Quilombo
Role: Producer
Xica
Role: Writer
White House
Role: Associate Producer
Bacurau
Role: Associate Producer
Elis
Role: Associate Producer
Pobre Príncipe Encantado
Role: Screenstory
Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll
Role: Producer
A Noite da Virada
Role: Associate Producer
Five Times Favela
Role: Writer
Joanna Francesa
Role: Screenplay
Summer Showers
Role: Screenplay
Better Days Ahead
Role: Producer
Better Days Ahead
Role: Writer
The Greatest Love of All
Role: Screenplay
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Role: Associate Producer
Our Children
Role: Associate Producer
Entranced Earth
Role: Associate Producer
The Great Mystical Circus
Role: Screenplay
The Movie of My Life
Role: Associate Producer
Ganga Zumba
Role: Producer
45 do Segundo Tempo
Role: Associate Producer
Capitu
Role: Producer
Tieta of Agreste
Role: Co-Producer
João, o Maestro
Role: Associate Producer
De Perto Ela Não é Normal
Role: Associate Producer
Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl
Role: Associate Producer
The Heirs
Role: Writer
The Heirs
Role: Producer
When Carnaval Comes
Role: Writer
When Carnaval Comes
Role: Art Direction
When Carnaval Comes
Role: Producer
Head Over Heels 3
Role: Associate Producer
Un Séjour
No picture available
Role: Director
Fala Sério, Mãe!
Role: Associate Producer
O Amor Dá Trabalho
Role: Associate Producer
God Is Brazilian
Role: Screenplay
Little Book of Love 2
Role: Associate Producer
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
Role: Director
Three Summers
Role: Associate Producer
Burning Night
Role: Associate Producer
Não Vamos Pagar Nada
Role: Associate Producer
Rio's Love Song
Role: Writer
Insensate
Role: Associate Producer
Malês
Role: Associate Producer
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
Role: Producer
Ponto das Ervas
Role: Executive Producer
Cine Teatro Iris
No picture available
Role: Director
Party Crashers 2
Role: Associate Producer
The Tumbling Trapalhões: Heading to Hollywood
Role: Associate Producer
Juntos e Enrolados
Role: Associate Producer
Verlust
Role: Associate Producer
Simonal
Role: Associate Producer
O Juízo
Role: Associate Producer