Pedro Costa
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday30 December 1958 (67 years old)
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Known credits47
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 Yo…
Fire of Wind
2026 · Producer
Repetition in re-creation
2026 · Director of Photography
Where do you come from, Silence
2025 · Art Direction
The Daughters of Fire
2023 · Director
The Daughters of Fire
2023 · Screenplay
Uncertain Path
2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021 · Sound Designer
Vitalina Varela
2019 · Director
Vitalina Varela
2019 · Screenplay
Sacavém: The Films of Pedro Costa
2019 · Himself
Wiara
2018 · Self
How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras
2016 · Thanks
Horse Money
2014 · Director
Horse Money
2014 · Writer
Historic Centre
2012 · Director of Photography
Historic Centre
2012 · Director
Historic Centre
2012 · Screenplay
Sweet Exorcist
2012 · Director
Sweet Exorcist
2012 · Writer
Alto Cutelo
2012 · Director
Our Man
2010 · Director
Our Man
2010 · Story
Change Nothing
2009 · Director
Change Nothing
2009 · Cinematography
The 13 Roses
2007 · Producer
The 13 Roses
2007 · Story
Memories
2007 · Story
Memories
2007 · Director
The State of the World
2007 · Director
The State of the World
2007 · Director of Photography
The Rabbit Hunters
2007 · Director
Tarrafal
2007 · Director
Colossal Youth
2006 · Director
Colossal Youth
2006 · Cinematography
Colossal Youth
2006 · Writer
All Blossoms Again: Pedro Costa, Director
2006
Minino macho, Minino fêmea
2006 · Director
Change Nothing
2005 · Director
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
2003 · Director
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
2003 · Director of Photography
The End of a Love Affair
2003 · Director
The End of a Love Affair
2003 · Screenplay
6 Bagatelas
2001 · Director
Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes
2001 · Director
Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes
2001 · Director of Photography
In Vanda's Room
2001 · Director
In Vanda's Room
2001 · Director of Photography
In Vanda's Room
2001 · Screenplay
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