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João Pedro Plácido was born in Lisbon, 1979. He began directing and shooting music videos at age of nineteen, later on he attended the School of Theatre and Film (Lisbon) and the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (Potsdam - Babelsberg, Germany). He is fluent in five languages and has been working in features, shorts, documentaries and commercials all around the world since 2000, first as a camera assistant, and since 2009 as a cinematographer. His work has received national and international awards. (BE)LONGING is his first feature film.
Filmography
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2025
Amílcar
Movie Director of Photography
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2025
Match
Movie Director of Photography
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2024
Maya and the Wave
Movie Cinematography
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2024
The Fortunate Ones
Movie Cinematography
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2023
Carmen Troubles
Movie Director of Photography
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2019
Unskinned
Movie Director of Photography
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2019
Lupo
Movie Cinematography
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2018
Sousa Martins
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
Acts of Cinema
Movie
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2016
Paul
Movie Cinematography
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2015
(Be)Longing
Movie Director
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2013
Entrecampos
Movie Director of Photography
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2012
Deportado
Movie Director of Photography
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2010
Eh Bien! Dansez Maintenant...
Movie Assistant Art Director
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2008
Access Road
Movie Cinematography
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2002
Forget Everything I Told You
Movie Camera Loader
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Dríades
Movie Director of Photography