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Alberto Cavalcanti

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Directing
1942 — 1947 · 3 films
Lived
6 February 1897 — d. 1982
From
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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.

Career Signature

How Alberto Cavalcanti’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.