
Directing
Community Rating
5.5
TMDB estimate
Born
November 4, 1918
Died
November 16, 1992 (age 74)
Born in
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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 for best director, best actor for Carlos Alberto and best actress for Glauce Rocha (1930-1971). In 1955, he directed “Ana”, an episode of the feature film "A Rosa dos Ventos" (1954-1957), produced by the Communist Party of East Germany, organized by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens (1898-1989). In 1963, he directed "Sol sobre a Lama", shot in Bahia and under the influence of Cinema Novo. He made the last feature film of his career, only in 1978, with "A Noiva da Cidade". He directed the short films A Máquina e o Sonho (1974), Humberto Mauro: eu Coração Dou Bom (1979) and Maxixe, a Dança Perdida (1980).

Nelson Filma o Rio
as Self (archive footage)
2021

Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016

Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
as Self
1989
Maxixe - A Dança Perdida
as Director
1980

Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
as Director, Writer
1979

A Noiva da Cidade
as Director, Screenplay, Producer
1978

Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
as Ele mesmo, Director
1977

Mauro, Humberto
1975

O Sonho e a Máquina
as Director
1974

Nelson Filma
1971
Silvino Santos - O Fim de um Pioneiro
as Screenplay
1970

Sol Sobre a Lama
as Director, Screenplay, Editor
1963

Five Times Favela
as (segment "Um Favelado")
1962

The Wind Rose
as Director
1957

Ana
as Director
1955

Rua sem Sol
as Director, Writer
1954

Carnival in Caxias
as Screenplay
1954

O Saci
as Assistant Director
1953

Needle in a Haystack
as Screenplay, Director
1953