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Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law or politics. Cavalcanti chose to study architecture instead. At 18 he moved to Paris to work for an architect, later switching to working on interior design. After a visit back to Brazil he took up a position at the Brazilian consulate in Liverpool, England. Cavalcanti corresponded with Marcel L'Herbier, a leading light in France's avant-garde film movement. This led to a job offer from L'Herbier for Cavalcanti to work as a set designer. So, in 1920 he left his job at the Consulate and moved back to France to work for L'Herbier; he was to be involved in the making of numerous films, the most notable being L'Inhumaine. He was soon making his own films, in 1926 directing his first, Rien Que les Heures (Nothing But Time) — a day in the life of Paris and its citizens. In 1927 he collaborated with Walter Ruttmann on a similar project set in Berlin, called Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a Big City). Cavalcanti took a job with Paramount's French studios after the talkies came in, but he found himself making more commercial films which could not hold his interest and left Paramount in 1933. In the same year he returned to England to work for John Grierson's GPO Film Unit. He was involved in many capacities, from production to sound engineer. He was to spend seven years at the GPO Film Unit, working on many projects. Much of his work at the GPO was uncredited, he acted as a mentor to many new film makers, but in 1937 he was appointed acting head of the GPO Film Unit when Grierson left for Canada. When told that the only way the position could become permanent was to become a naturalized British citizen, he decided to leave the unit. In 1940 Cavalcanti joined Ealing Studios, under the leadership of producer Michael Balcon. He worked as an art editor, producer and director. His most notable works of this period (many of them propaganda films) were Yellow Caesar (1941), Went the Day Well? (1942), Three Songs of Resistance (1943), Champagne Charlie (1944), Dead of Night (as co-director) (1945) and Nicholas Nickleby (1947). In 1946 Cavalcanti left Ealing over a dispute about money. He went on to direct three more films in the UK, before returning to Brazil in 1950. In Brazil he worked as a producer for Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz; the company eventually became insolvent. After being blacklisted as a communist in Brazil, he decided to move back to Europe in 1954. He eventually settled in France, where he continued his work in television. He died in Paris in 1982 at the age of 85.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1897-02-06
- event Death Date 1982-08-23
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.1
- info Birth Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lettres de Stalingrad
1969-11-10
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Um Homem e o Cinema
1976-01-01
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Alberto Cavalcanti
1970-01-01
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Paris Cinéma
1929-10-21
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Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934-04-16
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978-09-24
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Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934-04-16
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Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934-04-16
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Went the Day Well?
1942-12-07
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Granton Trawler
1934-10-18
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Dead of Night
1945-09-09
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Champagne Charlie
1944-08-25
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They Made Me a Fugitive
1947-06-24
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947-03-12
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For Them That Trespass
1949-04-21
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La P’tite Lili
1927-10-01
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Coal Face
1935-06-03
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Angela
1951-01-11
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Captain Fracasse
1929-02-15
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North Sea
1938-03-07
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Nothing But Time
1926-01-01
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Simão, o Caolho
1952-05-26
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Simão, o Caolho
1952-05-26
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Mony a Pickle
1938-01-01
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The Little People
1927-05-14
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Plaisirs défendus
1933-01-01
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Tour of Song
1932-01-01
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Men of the Alps
1939-01-01
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Alice in Switzerland
1942-05-20
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New Rates
1934-01-01
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Song of the Sea
1953-10-03
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Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960-10-20
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Song of the Sea
1953-10-03
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Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934-04-16
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Sea Fever
1927-11-18
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Sea Fort
1940-07-01
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Find, Fix and Strike
1942-01-01
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Greek Testament
1943-01-01
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The Glorious Sixth of June
1934-08-04
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BBC: The Voice of Britain
1935-07-28
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Le Voyageur du silence
1978-10-29
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Venetian Honeymoon
1959-02-27
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Little Red Riding Hood
1930-05-14
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Little Red Riding Hood
1930-05-14
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Little Red Riding Hood
1930-05-14
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Yellow Caesar
1941-05-24
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Song of the Sea
1953-10-03
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We Live in Two Worlds
1937-01-02
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The Sky’s the Limit
1943-01-01
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Trois chansons de la résistance
1944-01-01
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Mastery of the Sea
1940-12-01
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The Line to Tschierva Hut
1937-01-01
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The Line to Tschierva Hut
1937-01-01
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A Midsummer Day's Work
1939-01-02
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Résurrection
1923-01-01
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Coal Face
1935-06-03
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The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961-05-01
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Caiçara
1950-06-08
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The Wind Rose
1957-03-08
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The Wind Rose
1957-03-08
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Terra é Sempre Terra
1951-03-17
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Caiçara
1950-06-08
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Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960-10-20
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The King's Stamp
1935-06-28
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Film and Reality
1942-03-06
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Um Homem e o Cinema
1976-01-01
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Mulher de Verdade
1955-07-06
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A Canção do Berço
1930-01-01
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Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938-01-01
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Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938-01-01
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Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938-01-01
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The Gallery of Monsters
1924-09-23
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L'Inhumaine
1924-12-12
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Yvette
1927-12-30
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El Dorado
1921-10-28
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Sea Fever
1927-11-18
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Montmartre qui tourne
1934-02-02
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The Brazilian thing
1932-12-09
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Halfway Up the Sky
1931-06-12
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In a lost island
1931-01-23
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The Devil's Holiday
1931-03-27
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All His Life
1930-06-16
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Le mari garçon
1933-04-28
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Coralie and Company
1934-06-07
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Train Without Eyes
1929-02-01
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N or NW
1938-02-05
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Daily Round
1937-01-01
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Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti
1982-12-13
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Young Veteran
1940-12-01
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Young Veteran
1940-12-01
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Yvette
1927-12-30
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Mulher de Verdade
1955-07-06
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The Late Mathias Pascal
1925-07-02
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The Foreman Went to France
1942-06-22
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Salvage with a Smile
1940-01-01
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La jalousie du barbouillé
1927-01-01
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La visite de la vieille dame
1971-01-05
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The First Gentleman
1948-03-15
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French Communique
1940-01-02
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La Cause Commune
1940-01-02
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Message from Genova
1936-01-01
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The Chiltern Country
1939-01-01