Pedro Costa
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| Born: | 1959 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Occupation: | Film director and writer |
Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director born in 1959. He is acclaimed for his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations. Lots of his films are set in a district of Lisbon inhabited by the socially disadvantaged, and shot in a natural and low-keyed way that they are almost like documentaries.
While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at School of Theatre and Cinema (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo 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 International Film Festival for directing the film No Quarto da Vanda (In Vanda's Room). Juventude em Marcha (Colossal Youth) earned him the Palme d'Or nomination in 2006.
[edit] Filmography
- O Sangue (The Blood) (1989)
- Casa de Lava (Down to Earth) (1995)
- Ossos (Bones) (1997)
- No Quarto da Vanda (In Vanda's Room) (2000)
- Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub: Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Filmmakers - Where has your hidden smile gone?) (2001)
- Juventude em Marcha (Colossal Youth) (2006)
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