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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Lisbon, Portugal

João Pedro Plácido

Biography:

João Pedro Plácido was born in Lisbon, 1979. He began directing and shooting music videos at age of nineteen, later on he attended the School of Theatre and Film (Lisbon) and the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (Potsdam - Babelsberg, Germany). He is fluent in five languages and has been working in features, shorts, documentaries and commercials all around the world since 2000, first as a camera assistant, and since 2009 as a cinematographer. His work has received national and international awards. (BE)LONGING is his first feature film.

Known For

Acting

2018

Crew

2024

The Fortunate Ones as Cinematography
Maya and the Wave as Cinematography

2019

Lupo as Cinematography

2016

Paul as Cinematography

2008

Access Road as Cinematography

Directing

2015

(Be)Longing as Director

Art

2010

Eh Bien! Dansez Maintenant... as Assistant Art Director

Camera

2023

Carmen Troubles as Director of Photography

2019

Unskinned as Director of Photography

2018

Sousa Martins as Director of Photography

2015

(Be)Longing as Director of Photography

2013

Entrecampos as Director of Photography

2012

Deportado as Director of Photography

2002

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Match as Director of Photography
Dríades as Director of Photography
Amilcar, The African utopia maker as Director of Photography

Writing

2015

(Be)Longing as Writer