Directing
Alberto Cavalcanti
Born February 6, 1897 Died August 23, 1982 (Age 85)Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil132 Credits
Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law or politics. Cavalcanti chose to study a…
