Rodrigo Areias
Directing
Producer and Director. He started his studies in Management at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. With a degree in Sound and Image by the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, he also has a specialization course in Film Direction from the Tisch School of Arts at the University of New York and the Eurodoc production program. He worked as a trainer in the workshops promoted by the association Filhos de Lumière. Throughout his career, he has developed creative works in the field of cinema, authoring fiction and documentary, alternating with other works in the fields of video art and video clips for some of the best names in the Portuguese rock scene (The Legendary Tiger Man, Wray Gunn, Mão Morta, Sean Riley, D3o, etc.) and several other projects. As a producer he started his career in 2001 and has since produced and co-produced more than 70 shorts, features, videos and documentaries. He produced renowned authors such as Edgar Pêra, João Canijo and F. J. Ossang, as well as young filmmakers such as André Gil Mata, João Rodrigues and Jorge Quintela. He has co-produced with Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Finland. As a director, among several films, Tebas (long metregem) and Corrente (short film) stands out with whom he was represented in more than fifty international festivals and was awarded with a dozen prizes. His second feature film premiered in Official Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Festival and was awarded a Special Mention. He was responsible for the cinema production of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, including films by directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Aki Kaurismaki, Peter Greenaway, Manoel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa and Victor Erice
Known for
Directing18
movieNova '78
2025
Director
movieA Pedra Sonha Dar Flor
2024
Director
movieThe Worst Man in London
2024
Director
movieA Arte da Memória
2021
Director
movieDown by Life
2020
Director
movieSurdine
2020
Director
movieBlue Breath
2018
Director
movieCold Pixel
2018
Director
movieOrnament and Crime
2015
Director
movieThe Keeper
2015
Director
movieCinema
2014
Director
movie1960
2013
Director
movieHay Road
2012
Director
movieTamed
2011
Director
movieGolias
2010
Director
movieFlow
2008
Director
movieTebas
2007
Director
Nicolinas
Director
Production92
movieAsphalt Guerrilla
2026
Producer
movieAnother League
2026
Producer
movieAriel
2025
Producer
movieNova '78
2025
Producer
movieTelepathic Letters
2024
Producer
movieA Pedra Sonha Dar Flor
2024
Producer, Executive Producer
movieGarrano
2024
Producer
movieDulcineia
2023
Producer
movieEspinho
2023
Producer
movieMaria
2023
Producer
movieThe Nothingness Club
2023
Producer
movieAna Morphose
2023
Producer
movieLove Lights
2022
Producer
movieA Arte da Memória
2021
Producer
movieAround Rocha’s Table
2021
Producer
movieLethes
2021
Producer
movieSycorax
2021
Producer
movieInfinite Sea
2021
Producer
movieOns
2020
Co-Producer
movieListen
2020
Producer
movieOur Kingdom
2020
Producer
movieTie
2020
Producer
movieUrsula
2020
Producer
movieSurdine
2020
Producer
movieAlis Ubbo
2020
Associate Producer
moviePurpleboy
2019
Producer
movieQuantic Love
2019
Producer
movieArquivos Kino-Pop
2019
Producer
tvArquivos Kino-Pop
2019
Producer
movieMagnetick Pathways
2019
Producer
movieWild
2019
Co-Producer
movieO Toucador
2019
Producer
movieBlue Breath
2018
Producer
movieFour Seasons and Autumn
2018
Production Assistant
movieSlope
2018
Producer
movieLovers on Borders
2017
Producer
movieFade Into Nothing
2017
Producer
moviePorto
2017
Producer
movieThe Everlasting Man
2017
Producer
movieTerrain Vague
2017
Producer
movieDrop by Drop
2017
Producer
movieMabata Bata
2017
Co-Producer
movieDelírio em Las Vedras
2016
Producer
moviePenumbria
2016
Producer
moviePor Diabos
2016
Producer
movieThe Amazed Spectator
2016
Producer
movieOrnament and Crime
2015
Producer
movieThe Keeper
2015
Producer
movieA Caverna
2015
Producer
movieOver El Cielo
2015
Producer
movieLisbon Revisited
2014
Producer
movieCarrotrope
2014
Producer
movieEscala
2014
Producer
movieFar from Eden
2013
Producer
movieLuminita
2013
Producer
movieCarousel
2013
Producer
movie1960
2013
Producer
movie3x3D
2013
Producer
movieThe Imperfect Cradle
2013
Producer
CineSapiens
2013
Producer
movieThe Gravedigger
2012
Producer
movieHistoric Centre
2012
Producer
movieTavern Man
2012
Producer
movieLuís
2012
Producer
movieHay Road
2012
Producer
moviePosfácio at the Clothing Factory
2012
Delegated Producer
movieCanned Dreams
2012
Co-Producer
movieTo the Wolf of Madragoa
2012
Producer
movieThe Scoundrel
2012
Producer
movieM
2012
Producer
movieBeard
2011
Producer
movieThe Baron
2011
Co-Producer
movieArca D'Água
2009
Producer
movieFlow
2008
Producer
movieTebas
2007
Producer
movieHeavy Architecture
2007
Producer
moviePunk Is Not Daddy
2007
Producer
movieLisboa-Boa 345 A.E.
2000
Producer
movieIt Was Them
Producer
Torn Heart
Co-Producer
Chico
Producer
Writing12
movieA Pedra Sonha Dar Flor
2024
Screenplay
movieDown by Life
2020
Writer
movieBlue Breath
2018
Writer
movieOrnament and Crime
2015
Screenplay
movieThe Keeper
2015
Writer
movieCinema
2014
Writer
movie1960
2013
Screenplay
movieHay Road
2012
Screenplay
movieGolias
2010
Writer
movieFlow
2008
Screenplay
movieTebas
2007
Screenplay
Editing9
Camera2
movie667, Neighbor of the Beast
2006
Camera Operator
movieEstádio Novo
2004
Camera Operator
Sound2
movieTamed
2011
Music
movieVanity
2004
Sound Designer