Humberto Mauro
Directing
Born 1897-04-30
Died 1983-11-05
Volta Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil
122 credits
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Humberto Duarte Mauro (30 April 1897 – 5 October 1983) was a Brazilian film director. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema.
Mauro's second feature film Thesouro Perdido (Lost Treasure) won the Brazilian "Film of the Year" award in 1927. Later that year, Phebo Sul America Film was reorganized into Phebo Brasil Film. The first film released under the new Phebo was Braza Dormida (Sleeping Ember). Braza Dormida was a boxoffice success and furthered Mauro's career as one of Brazil's leading directors.
In July 1929, Mauro's final film for Phebo Brasil Film, Sangue Mineiro (Blood of Minas Gerais), was shown in Cataguases. In 1930, the film was given a nationwide release. The film was critically and popularly acclaimed. This was the first film in which Mauro worked with Carmen Santos who would star in many of Mauro's later films.
Phebo Brasil Film did not have the resources to continue to produce films. Adhemar Gonzaga offered Mauro a directing job for Cinédia, which was centered in Rio de Janeiro. Gonzaga had started to shoot Lábios sem Beijos (Lips Without Kisses) which starred Carmen Santos. However, Carmen became pregnant was unable to finish production. Gonzaga handed the project over to Mauro, who both directed and photograpghed the film, in March 1930. Mauro decided to make the film silent even though sound was available. He wanted to explore the possibilities of silent film. Upon release in 1930, the film won the Jornal do Brasil film of the year award. Mauro acted as cinematographer for Cinédia's second film Muhler (Woman).
Mauro began shooting Ganga Bruta in September 1931. The film was not completed until 1933 due to cast replacements. The film was silent with synchronized sound recorded on Vitaphone discs added later. The film received little acclaim until two decades after its release.
Mauro co-directed his first talking film with Adhemar Gonzaga. A Voz do Carnaval (The Voice of Carnival) was a musical. Afterwards, Mauro left Cinédia for Brasil Vita Filme in 1934. He directed two feature films and several documentaries for Brasil Vita Filme.
In 1936, Mauro joined the Instituto de Nacional do Cinema Educativo (INCE), which was then the government office for educational and propaganda films. Mauro shot hundreds of documentaries when he was working in INCE, and he also shot his last three movies: Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil), Argila (Clay), and O Canto da Saudade (The Song of Yearning). His final film was Carro de Bois (Ox Cart), a documentary, in 1974.
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Filmography
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Directing
53 credits
National Treasure
Um Apólogo
Sangue Mineiro
Dormant Embers
Rough Gang
Castro Alves
O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia
Alberto Nepomuceno
Silo Trincheira
Cidade Mulher
Endemias Rurais
Bandeirantes
O Escravo
Rural Constructions
Victória Régia
Clay
Captação da Água
Leopoldo Miguez
Ruy Barbosa
Cidade do Salvador
Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Orchids
Higiene Rural
Os Inconfidentes
Parrot
Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois
O Oxigênio
O Papel
Virgin Lips
Belo Horizonte
O Puraquê
Cantos de Trabalho
Cerâmica: Escola Técnica Nacional
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
Congonhas do Campo
O Canto da Saudade
A Voz do Carnaval
Campos do Jordão
Corrida Rústica em Revezamento
O Preparo e Conservação dos Alimentos
O Ensino Industrial no Brasil
Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés
Ponteio - Segundo Movimento do Concerto para Piano e Orquestra de Hekel Tavares
Monitor Parnaíba - Construção Naval Brasileira
Gravuras: Buril, Ponta Seca, Água Tinta
Febre Amarela I
Febre Amarela II
The Discovery of Brazil
Indústria Farmacêutica no Brasil
A Velha a Fiar
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
Jardim Zoológico do Rio de Janeiro
Academia Brasileira
Acting
13 credits
National Treasure
Sangue Mineiro
Woman
Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais
Humberto Mauro
Parrot
Humberto Mauro
Virgin Lips
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
O Canto da Saudade
Colagem
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
Other credits
11 credits
National Treasure
Rough Gang
Woman
Victória Régia
Orchids
Parrot
Virgin Lips
O Puraquê
Campos do Jordão
Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés
The Discovery of Brazil
Writing
9 credits
National Treasure
Sangue Mineiro
Dormant Embers
Rough Gang
Minas Conspiracy
Clay
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
O Canto da Saudade
The Discovery of Brazil
Producing
1 credit
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