Alberto Cavalcanti
Brazilian film director (1897–1982)
0.50body-of-work score · ranked #1378 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 6, 1897 · Rio de Janeiro
- Died
- August 23, 1982 · 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Nationality
- Brazil, France
- Work
- film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1945 · United Kingdom · horror
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.282 citations - 20.111 citation
- 3
1947 · United Kingdom · crime, drama, film-noir
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 33 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1926Rien que les heures
- 1927En rade
- 1927La p'tite Lili
- 1927Yvette
- 1929Captain Fracasse
- 1929Train Without Eyes
- 1930Little Red Riding Hood
- 1930The Devil's Holiday
- 1931À mi-chemin du ciel
- 1931Dans une île perdue
- 1932En lisant le journal
- 1932Le Truc du Brésilien
- 1933Le Mari garçon
- 1934Coralie and Company
- 1934Pett and Pott
- 1935Coal Face
- 1937The Line to Tschierva Hut
- 1937We Live In Two Worlds
- 1941Yellow Caesar
- 1942Went the Day Well?
- 1944Champagne Charlie
- 1945Dead of Night
- 1947The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- 1947They Made Me a Fugitive
- 1948The First Gentleman
- 1949For Them That Trespass
- 1952Simão, o Caolho
- 1952Song of the Sea
- 1954Mulher de Verdade
- 1957Die Windrose
- 1959Venetian Honeymoon
- 1960Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
- 1961The Monster of Highgate Ponds