Pedro Costa

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-12-30 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Lisbon, Portugal

Pedro Costa

Biography

Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) where he was a student of António Reis, Paulo Rocha and Alberto Seixas Santos. After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo, Vítor Gonçalves and João Botelho, he made a first feature film O Sangue (The Blood) in 1989. He collected the France Culture Award (Foreign Cineaste of the Year) at 2002 Cannes Film Festival for directing the film In Vanda's Room. Colossal Youth was selected for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival...

Production

1989

Blood

as Director

2006

Colossal Youth

as Director

2006

Colossal Youth

as Cinematography

2006

1997

Ossos

as Director

2023

2009

Change Nothing

as Director

2001

In Vanda's Room

as Director

1995

Casa de Lava

as Director

2007

Memories

as Story

2007

Memories

as Director

2012

Historic Centre

as Director of Photography

2010

Our Man

as Director

2010

Our Man

as Story

2007

2012

Historic Centre

as Director

2001

6 Bagatelas

as Director

1988

Agosto

as Assistant Director

2014

Horse Money

as Director

2007

2012

Sweet Exorcist

as Director

2012

2007

Tarrafal

as Director

2001

In Vanda's Room

as Director of Photography

1986

A Girl in Summer

as Assistant Director

2014

Horse Money

as Writer

2005

Change Nothing

as Director

1989

Blood

as Screenplay

1997

Ossos

as Screenplay

2019

Vitalina Varela

as Director

2012

Historic Centre

as Screenplay

1995

Casa de Lava

as Writer

2003

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

as Director of Photography

2023

2024

Fire of Wind

as Producer

2019

Vitalina Varela

as Screenplay

2001

In Vanda's Room

as Screenplay

2003

2009

Change Nothing

as Cinematography

1986

A Portuguese Farewell

as Assistant Director

2007

The 13 Roses

as Producer

2021

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