João Pedro Plácido
Camera·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
Filmography · 17
—DríadesDirector of Photography2025AmílcarDirector of Photography2025MatchDirector of Photography2024Maya and the WaveCinematography2024The Fortunate OnesCinematography2023Carmen TroublesDirector of Photography2019UnskinnedDirector of Photography2019LupoCinematography2018Sousa MartinsDirector of Photography2018Acts of Cinema2016PaulCinematography2015(Be)LongingDirector · Director of Photography · Writer2013EntrecamposDirector of Photography2012DeportadoDirector of Photography2010Eh Bien! Dansez Maintenant...Assistant Art Director2008Access RoadCinematography2002Forget Everything I Told YouCamera Loader