Diretores / 49ª mostra

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1947. He graduated in direction and photography at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC), in Paris. He is one of the most notorious cinematographers of Portuguese cinema and worked, among others, with Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, Raúl Ruiz and Jean-Claude Biette. He also acted in films such as “Francisca” (1981) and “Day of Despair” (1992), by Manoel de Oliveira, and “God’s Comedy” (1995) and “Come and Go” (2003), by João César Monteiro. Furthermore, he directed, in addition to short films, documentaries and television movies, the feature films “Le Miracle Selon Salomé” (2004), “Doomed Love” (2008, 32th Mostra) and “Moral Order” (2020, 44th Mostra).