Carlos Alberto Prates Correia (28 September 1941 – 28 May 2023) was a Brazilian screenwriter and film director.

Born in Montes Claros, Prates Correia started his career in 1965 directing the short film O Milagre em Lourdes, and then serving as assistant director of Cinema Novo author Joaquim Pedro de Andrade.

[1] The main topic of his cinema was the conflict between traditions and modernization in Minas Gerais.

[2] His best known film is Cabaret Mineiro [pt], which won the awards for best film, direction, actor (Nelson Dantas), supporting actress (Tânia Alves), cinematography, editing and music score at the 1981 edition of the Festival de Gramado.

[1][3] Following the dissolvement of Embrafilme in 1990, Prates Correia was not able to fund any project until 2007, when he directed his last film Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais, a documentary which was awarded best film at the 2008 Festival de Gramado.