Carlos Diegues
Directing·May 19, 1940·† February 14, 2025 — 84 years old·Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
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.
Known For
Filmography · 129
—Cine Teatro IrisDirector2026God Is Still BrazilianDirector2026Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonhahimself2025MalêsAssociate Producer2025Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um PersonagemTVSelf20251961TVSelf2025White HouseAssociate Producer2024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”Self2024Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' RollProducer2024Tributo: Zezé MottaSelf2023Roberto Farias - Memórias de um CineastaSelf2022Suspension PointsAssociate Producer2022Quando a Coisa Vira OutraSelf (archive footage)2022Uma Pitada de SorteAssociate Producer202245 do Segundo TempoAssociate Producer2022Our ChildrenAssociate Producer2022O Canto Livre de Nara LeãoTVSelf2021Juntos e EnroladosAssociate Producer2021InsensateAssociate Producer2021Dr. GamaProducer2021The Good CinemaSelf2020Torquato, Imagem da IncompletudeSelf2020VerlustAssociate Producer2020De Perto Ela Não é NormalAssociate Producer2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalSelf2020Não Vamos Pagar NadaAssociate Producer2020Burning NightAssociate Producer2020Three SummersAssociate Producer2020Arroz, Feijão e CinemaSelf2019O JuízoAssociate Producer2019Os Parças 2Associate Producer2019Vai que Cola 2: O ComeçoAssociate Producer2019BacurauAssociate Producer2019O Amor Dá TrabalhoAssociate Producer2019SimonalAssociate Producer2019Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do PoetaSelf2019Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and ChaosSelf2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoSelf2019Head Over Heels 3Associate Producer2018The Great Mystical CircusDirector · Screenplay2018Running AfterAssociate Producer2017Fala Sério, Mãe!Associate Producer2017Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone2017Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator GirlAssociate Producer2017João, o MaestroAssociate Producer2017The Movie of My LifeAssociate Producer2017Brazilian Cinema in the 20th CenturySelf2017Party Crashers 2Associate Producer2017Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões: Rumo a HollywoodAssociate Producer2016ElisAssociate Producer2016O Shaolin do SertãoAssociate Producer2016PitangaSelf2016A Boyfriend for My WifeAssociate Producer2016AquariusAssociate Producer2016Cinema NovoSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)2016Um Suburbano SortudoAssociate Producer2015Till Luck Do Us: Part 3Associate Producer2015Operações EspeciaisAssociate Producer2015Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo BárbaroSelf2015Drop Dead GorgeousAssociate Producer2015Little Book of Love 2Associate Producer2015Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O FilmeAssociate Producer2015Tudo Por Amor ao CinemaSelf2015Any Stray Cat 2Associate Producer2015Loucas pra CasarAssociate Producer2014A Noite da ViradaAssociate Producer2014GetulioAssociate Producer2013River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope FrancisDirector2013Dossiê JangoSelf2013Giovanni ImprottaVizinho · Producer2013VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiroDirector · Producer2011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema BrasileiroSelf (archive footage)2011Consideração do Poema20105x Favela, Now by OurselvesProducer2010BróderAssociate Producer2009Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas TelasSelf2006The Greatest Love of AllDirector · Screenplay2006Nenhum Motivo Explica a GuerraDirector2006Depois do TranseSelf2006ReferênciasSelf2005Looking for Black OrpheusSelf2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa NovaSelf2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf / Interviewee2003God Is BrazilianDirector · Screenplay2002At the Edge of the EarthSelf2001Bufo & SpallanzaniAssociate Producer20011968 - Without Losing TendernessSelf1999OrfeuDirector · Writer1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória1997DibSelf1997Nelson SargentoSelf1996Tieta of AgresteDirector · Screenplay · Co-Producer1994Rio's Love SongDirector · Writer1991Que Viva Glauber!1989Better Days AheadDirector · Producer · Writer1989Alex Viany - Um Documentário em VídeoSelf1988Luzia HomemScreenplay1987Subway to the StarsDirector · Writer1986Mais Luz1984QuilomboDirector · Writer · Producer1984Making of - QuilomboSelf1984Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchmanhimself1984Claves, 2: We will return youngerhimself1984Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother countrySelf1980Cinématon IXN°831980Bye Bye BrazilDirector · Writer1980FênixSelf1979Na Boca do MundoStory1978Ponto das ErvasExecutive Producer1978Summer ShowersHomem lendo jornal · Director · Screenplay1976XicaDirector · Writer1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheTVSelf1974The Star RisesWriter1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1973Joanna FrancesaDirector · Screenplay1972The Suns of Easter Island1972When Carnaval ComesDirector · Screenplay · Story · Associate Producer1970The HeirsDirector · Writer · Producer1970Un SéjourDirector1969Pobre Príncipe EncantadoScreenstory1968CapituProducer1967Adorável TrapalhãoWriter1967Entranced EarthAssociate Producer1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema NovoSelf1967Oito UniversitáriosDirector1966The Big CityProducer · Director · Screenplay1965O CircoEditor1963Ganga ZumbaDirector · Writer · Producer1962Five Times FavelaDirector · Writer