Film Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Brazilian film director

1897 - 1982

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His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Alberto Cavalcanti is the 717th most popular film director (down from 630th in 2024), the 369th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

Cavalcanti directed the experimental documentary Rien que les heures in 1926 and co-directed Dead of Night in 1945 while producing films such as Went the Day Well? at Ealing Studios. He was expelled from law studies at age 15 after an argument with a professor and later appointed acting head of the GPO Film Unit in 1937. Cavalcanti became head of production for Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz after returning to Brazil in 1950.

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Alberto Cavalcanti's biography spans 21 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.89.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Alberto Cavalcanti ranks 717 out of 2,296. Before him are Bob Gale, Benoît Jacquot, Andrew Niccol, Brad Bird, Karel Lamač, and Nana Jorjadze. After him are Yoji Yamada, Terence Fisher, Barry Sonnenfeld, David O. Russell, Rajko Grlić, and Ivan Pyryev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Alberto Cavalcanti ranks 183. Before him are Pierre Fresnay, Nicholas Poppe, Paavo Talvela, Karel Lamač, Dorothy Day, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller. After him are Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, Henry Cowell, Zhou Fohai, Maximilian von Edelsheim, and Jan Żabiński. Among people deceased in 1982, Alberto Cavalcanti ranks 141. Before him are Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hermann Rauschning, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Maria Jeritza, Gunnar Eriksson, and Alma Reville. After him are Alfredo Ovando Candía, Christian Schad, Fritz Laband, Alexandre Alexeieff, Olle Hellbom, and Leonid Utyosov.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Alberto Cavalcanti ranks 369 out of 2,779. Before him are Müller (1966), Carlos María de Alvear (1789), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), Flora Purim (1942), Nílton de Sordi (1931), and Ruy Ramos (1957). After him are Tim Maia (1942), Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Denílson de Oliveira Araújo (1977), Mauro Silva (1968), and Susana Vieira (1942).

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Among Film Directors In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Alberto Cavalcanti ranks 4. Before him are Walter Salles (1956), Fernando Meirelles (1955), and Glauber Rocha (1939). After him are Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), Bruno Barreto (1955), José Padilha (1967), Carlos Saldanha (1965), Kleber Mendonça Filho (1968), and Karim Aïnouz (1966).

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