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João Pedro Plácido

João Pedro Plácido

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Lisbon, Portugal

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.

Known for

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Amílcarmovie

Amílcar

2025

Director of Photography

Matchmovie

Match

2025

Director of Photography

Carmen Troubles
movie

Carmen Troubles

2023

Director of Photography

Unskinnedmovie

Unskinned

2019

Director of Photography

Sousa Martinsmovie

Sousa Martins

2018

Director of Photography

(Be)Longingmovie

(Be)Longing

2015

Director of Photography

Entrecamposmovie

Entrecampos

2013

Director of Photography

Deportadomovie

Deportado

2012

Director of Photography

Forget Everything I Told Youmovie

Forget Everything I Told You

2002

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Dríadesmovie

Dríades

Director of Photography

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Maya and the Wavemovie

Maya and the Wave

2024

Cinematography

The Fortunate Onesmovie

The Fortunate Ones

2024

Cinematography

Lupomovie

Lupo

2019

Cinematography

Paulmovie

Paul

2016

Cinematography

Access Roadmovie

Access Road

2008

Cinematography

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