João Nuno Brochado

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João Nuno Brochado (born October 3, 1983 in Porto ) is a Portuguese filmmaker who became known as a documentary filmmaker .

Life

Brochado comes from a family of artists and was interested in film as a teenager. In 2001 he began studying at the art school ( Escola das Artes ) of the Catholic University in his hometown of Porto, where he graduated in 2006 with a degree in sound and images with a focus on film. In the same year a course at the New York Film Academy and an internship at the film company Utopia Films in Lisbon followed.

The village Drave portrayed by Brochado in 2014 in “ Uma Montanha do Tamanho do Homem ” , photo by Brochado himself (2003)

In 2007 Brochado and three friends founded the production company Cimbalino Films in Porto . In addition to film productions, Cimbalino mainly produces commercials , but also music videos , including live videos by names such as Ana Moura or Os Azeitonas and clips and the like. a. for pop singer David Fonseca , the band GNR or the young fado singer Gisela João .

Brochado shot the series Não Linear for the public television broadcaster RTP between 2008 and 2014 . In 69 episodes in 30 minutes each, he presented the most innovative and creative projects that students developed at the Escola das Artes , where he himself was a student.

His documentary short film Tóquio Porto 9 horas was shown at several short film festivals, in particular the Doclisboa and the Caminhos do Cinema Português , where it won first prize.

His first feature film was the successful Uma Montanha do Tamanho do Homem in 2014 . Brochado tells the story of the "magical village" Drave , which slowly became extinct since the late 1980s and has been completely uninhabited since 2000, but is still maintained and has a great attraction.

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview on the homepage of Cimbalino Films , accessed on April 23, 2017
  2. ↑ Gisela João - Labirinto Ou Não Foi Nada , video clip on YouTube , accessed on April 23, 2017
  3. ↑ Documentário retrata a "segunda vida" de uma aldeia que ficou desabitada em 2000 ["Documentary film shows the" second life "of a village uninhabited since 2000"], article from December 9, 2014 in the Portuguese newspaper Público , accessed on April 23, 2017
  4. ↑ Brochados Biography in the Internet Movie Database , accessed April 23, 2017
  5. ↑ Information on Brochado's Facebook page , accessed April 23, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Brochado, João Nuno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese film director
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto , Portugal