Carlos Diegues

Director

Born: May 19, 1940
Died: February 14, 2025 (age 84)
From: 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.

Filmography (69)

God Is Still Brazilian
God Is Still Brazilian (2026)
Director
Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha (2026)
himself
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” (2024)
Self
Tributo: Zezé Motta (2024)
Self
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta (2023)
Self
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022)
Self (archive footage)
The Good Cinema (2021)
Self
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (2020)
Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
Self
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema (2020)
Self
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (2019)
Self
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019)
Self
Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)
Self
The Great Mystical Circus (2018)
Director
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone (2017)
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)
Self
Pitanga (2016)
Self
Cinema Novo (2016)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015)
Self
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema (2015)
Self
River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis (2013)
Director
Dossiê Jango (2013)
Self
Giovanni Improtta (2013)
Vizinho
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro (2013)
Director
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011)
Self (archive footage)
Consideração do Poema (2011)
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009)
Self
The Greatest Love of All (2006)
Director
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra (2006)
Director
Depois do Transe (2006)
Self