Nominee
Best Director
Dríades
João Pedro Plácido
Director · Writer
Lisbon, Portugal
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2012Nominee
Best Director
Deportado
2018Nominee
Best Director
Sousa Martins
Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Best Director
Carmen Troubles
2016Highlight
Career Highlight
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