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Carlos Diegues
Directing
Born: May 19, 1940
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Biography
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

Summer Showers
as Homem lendo jornal

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self

Pitanga
as Self

Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as Self

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)

The Good Cinema
as Self