Alex Viany

Directing

November 4, 1918 — November 16, 1992

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7 movies

Biography

Almiro Viviani Fialho (1918 — 1992), better known as Alex Viany, was a Brazilian director, producer, screenwriter, author, journalist and actor. He is the author of the book Introduction to Brazilian Cinema (1959), cited by Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes as the first work of Brazilian filmography. He also wrote The Cinema Novo Process. He debuted as a director in 1953, in the feature film "Agulha no Palheiro". In 1954, he directed "Rua sem Sol", which received the São Paulo State Governor's Award fo...

🎬 Alex Viany's Filmography

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Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Humberto Mauro talks about his life, work, and the project "A Noiva da Cidade".

Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany

1977

6.7

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

Cinema Novo

2016

The city of Rio de Janeiro in the films of Nelson Pereira dos Santos contextualized by critic Rodrigo Fonseca.

Nelson Filma o Rio

2021

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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo

1989

7.9

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Five Times Favela

1962

The work of Nelson Pereira dos Santos guides the documentary, which traces the path taken by Cinema Novo and addresses the issues raised by the filmmaker during the filming of Brazilian Cinema classics.

Nelson Filma

1971

6.5

Documentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.

Mauro, Humberto

1975