Biography
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
all 77
Movies 77
Director 61
self 4
Writer 3
Humberto Mauro (2018)
Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais (2008)
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom (1979)
Mulheres de Cinema (1978)
A Noiva da Cidade (1978)
Anchieta, José do Brasil (1977)
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany (1977)
Flagrantes da vida rural: Fazendas Clássicas (1977)
Mauro, Humberto (1975)
Carro de Bois (1974)
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
Humberto Mauro (1970)
Memória de Helena (1969)
A Velha a Fiar (1964)
Endemias Rurais (1960)
O Café (1959)
City of Caeté (1958)
São João Del Rei (1958)
Congonhas do Campo (1957)
Rural Constructions (1956)
Meus Oito Anos: Canto Escolar (1956)
O João de Barro (1956)
Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois) (1956)
Engenhos e Usinas (1955)
Cantos de Trabalho (1955)
Captação da Água (1954)
Aboio e Cantiga (1954)
Higiene Rural (1954)
O Canto da Saudade (1952)
Alberto Nepomuceno (1950)
Cidade do Salvador (1949)
Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1949)
Ruy Barbosa (1949)
Minas Conspiracy (1948)
Azulão e Pinhal (1948)
Castro Alves (1948)
O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia (1947)
Leopoldo Miguez (1946)
Vicente de Carvalho - Palavras ao Mar (1945)
O Ensino Industrial no Brasil (1945)
O Segredo das Asas (1945)
Barão do Rio Branco (1945)
Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina (1945)
Euclydes da Cunha - 1866-1909 (1944)
O Escravo (1944)
Carlos Gomes: O Guarani - Invocação dos Aimorés (1942)
Henrique Oswald (1942)
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca (1942)
O Despertar da Redentora (1942)
Miocárdio em Cultura: Potenciais de Ação (1942)
Ponteio - Segundo Movimento do Concerto para Piano e Orquestra de Hekel Tavares (1941)
Clay (1940)
Aráras (1940)
Bandeirantes (1940)
Lagoa Santa (1939)
O Puraquê (1939)
Um Apólogo (1939)
Abastecimento d'Água do Rio de Janeiro (História da Água) (1939)
Febre Amarela I (1938)
Febre Amarela II (1938)
The Discovery of Brazil (1937)
Papagaio (1937)
Academia Brasileira (1937)
Victória Régia: Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional (1937)
Victória Régia (1937)
Orquídeas (1937)
Os Inconfidentes (1936)
Um Parafuso (1936)
Cidade Mulher (1936)
O Cysne (1936)
Favela dos Meus Amores (1935)
Ganga Bruta (1933)
Woman (1931)
Virgin Lips (1930)
Sangue Mineiro (1929)
Dormant Embers (1928)
National Treasure (1927)
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GenderMale
Birthday1897-04-30
Deathday1983-10-05 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceVolta Grande, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
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