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João Pedro Rodrigues

ジョアン・ペドロ・ロドリゲス　/　じょあん・ぺどろ・ろどりげす

Film director from Portugal

September 20, 1966 (age 59)　・　Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon
film director
screenwriter
film editor

My Take

João Pedro Rodrigues interests me as a true auteur. Directing, writing, and editing his own films, he controls a picture from conception to final cut, which is rare and demanding. Being placed within the lineage of the so-called School of Reis signals an artist committed to cinema as serious craft rather than commerce, and that earns my attention. I admire filmmakers who pursue their own vision over easy appeal, and a Lisbon-born director steeped in that Portuguese art-house tradition tends to look at the human interior with real patience. He is exactly the sort of uncompromising voice I want to seek out and watch closely.

Overview

João Pedro Rodrigues (born 24 August 1966) is a Portuguese film director. He is considered to be part of The School of Reis.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): João Pedro Rodrigues
Name (Japanese): ジョアン・ペドロ・ロドリゲス
Reading: じょあん・ぺどろ・ろどりげす
Born: September 20, 1966 (age 59)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: Lisbon, Portugal
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film editor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B9

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