Alberto Cavalcanti

Alberto Cavalcanti was born in 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, studied architecture in Geneva and became a set designer in Paris, notably for Marcel L'Herbier, before moving into directing himself. In London he joined the documentary unit of the British post office, where he worked on a film about coal miners, then in 1940 entered the Ealing studios, alongside Michael Balcon. He returned to Brazil at the end of the forties to run new studios, an undertaking that ended in bankruptcy, and came back to Europe. He died in 1982.

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• CinemaWent the Day Well?Alberto Cavalcanti · 1942Cinema