Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
Miguel Gonçalves Mendes (born September 2, 1978 in Covilhã ) is a Portuguese film director .
Life
He studied international relations at the Technical University of Lisbon for a few semesters and historical archeology at the New University of Lisbon before completing a film degree at the ESTC ( Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema ).
After various theater activities, he founded the film production company Jump Cut in 2002 . His documentary Autografia , about the surrealist painter Mário Cesariny , won an award at the 2006 Doclisboa Film Festival.
For his documentary film José e Pilar ("José and Pilar", 2010) about the Nobel Prize for Literature José Saramago and his wife Pilar del Río , he received various awards. a. three prizes at the Caminhos do Cinema Português film festival in Coimbra . The film was also a box office hit (among the most watched Portuguese films since 2004) and was subsequently released on DVD.
Filmography
- 2001: D.Nieves short film
- 2004: Autografia
- 2005: A Batalha dos Três Reis (also screenplay)
- 2005: Floripes (also screenplay) short film
- 2007: Curso de Silêncio short film
- 2010: José e Pilar (also producer) documentary
Web links
- Miguel Gonçalves Mendes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.jumpcut.pt/ under "português" / "quem somos" / "Miguel Gonçalves Mendes"
- ↑ http://www.doclisboa.org/2006/en_palmares04.html
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2573954/awards
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendes, Miguel Gonçalves |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Covilhã |