João Pedro Rodrigues

João Pedro Rodrigues is a Portuguese film director whose activity started in 1997. He is considered to be part of The School of Reis film family. Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, João Pedro Rodrigues started his career as an assistant director and editor in several features, directed, for example, by Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde, among others.

In 1997 João Pedro Rodrigues directs his first film. O Fantasma (Phantom) (2000), his first feature-length, is a film dealing with affections in homosexuality, aimed at catering the demands of a growing influence of gays and gay culture within the Portuguese artistic circles. Besides the minor controversy it generated in Portugal, the film was shown in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil and USA with modest results.Two Drifters (2005), his second feature film, has obtained relative international acclaim and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Features
2022: Fogo Fatuo
2019: 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
2016: The Ornithologist
2012: The Last Time I Saw Macao
2009: To Die Like a Man
2005: Two Drifters
2000: O Fantasma

Shorts
2023: Tempo
2021: Un Quarto na Cidade
2017: Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues?
2013: Mahjong
2012: The King’s Body
2012: Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day
2007: China China
1997: Happy Birthday!
1988: O Pastor

Documentaries
2022: Where is This Street? Or With No Before or After
2013: Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2011: Red Dawn
2011: Venice 70: Future
1998: Viagem à Expo
1997: Esta é a Minha Casa