Director

João Rui Guerra da Mata

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 1086400

IMDb ID: nm0196134

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2025

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 5.99

Wikidata: Q10312179

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Director (7)Assistant Director (1)Art Direction (5)Costume Design (2)Screenplay (2)Cinematography (1)Production Assistant (1)Production Design (1)Set Decoration (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. He teached Art Direction at the Lisbon Film School from 2004 to 2011. In 1997 he co-starred in the short PARABÉNS!, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, that won the Special Jury Mention at the 54th Mostra di Venezia. As an Art Director, he worked in several features and shorts, notably the ones directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, whose films he also co-scripted. This collaboration lately evolved to co-direction, namely in the shorts CHINA, CHINA (2007) – 39th Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes; Best Short Film and Audience Award, Belfort Film Festival and ALVORADA VERMELHA (2011) – Best Portuguese Short Film, IndieLisboa Film Festival; international premiere at Locarno Film Festival. O QUE ARDE CURA (2012) is his debut solo film.

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