João Matos Silva

João Matos Silva

Between 1962 and 1963, he attended the Cinema Course from the Estúdio Universitário de Cinema Experimental at the Centro Universitário de Lisboa. He participated in the shooting of Paulo Rocha’s Verdes Anos, Fernando Lopes’ Belarmino, and Artur Ramos’ Os Pássaros de Asas Cortadas. In 1968, he took part in the Encontros de Cinema Português, organized by the Cineclube do Porto, which marked the Gulbenkian Foundation’s interest in the Cinema Novo (New Cinema). He co-signed the document “O Ofício do Cinema Em Portugal”, addressed to the Gulbenkian Foundation by filmmakers of the Cinema Novo, a document which refounded the Cinema Português and led to the establishment of the CPC, Centro Português de Cinema, CRL, of which he was a founding associate, 1968-1976. He was assistant-director for several films and was awarded a scholarship by the Gulbenkian Foundation to attend the London School Of Film Technique. He directed more than 50 episodes for the series “Ensaio” and “Impacto”, shown on RTP between 1971 and 1973. He was executive producer for feature-length films by Alfredo Tropa, Fernando Matos Silva and Manoel de Oliveira. He co-directed the documentary Caminhos da Liberdade, the result of collective work by the Cinequipa, which included that footage and the footage that was captured up until the historical 1st May, especially that captured in Barreiro and at the PIDE/DGS headquarters in Lisbon. He worked as a writer for several feature-length films. He directed the feature-length film Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte as well as countless documentary films for television.

 

FILMOGRAPHY

2012 – Sérgio Vivo Hoje – Carta Apócrifa de António Sérgio Dirigida A Vosoutros Os Cooperativistas

2006-2008 – O Exército e a Política – 1820/1974, 2X120’ (co-realizado com Fernando Matos Silva)

2003 – Amanhãs que Ainda Cantam, 30’

2000/2001 – 25 Anos Depois

1998 – Beatriz Costa – Mulher Sem Fronteiras, 55’

1994 – Memórias da Revolução, 75’

1984 – Gharb Al Andaluz

1981 – Herculano – No centenário da Morte de Alexandre Herculano

1981 – Antes a Sorte que tal Morte

1976 – Cavalgada segundo S. João, o Baptista

1974 – Um Filme Paralelo

1974 – Caminhos da Liberdade (co-realizado com Fernando Matos Silva e José Nascimento)

Amarante Abramovici

André Godinho

André Príncipe

André Santos

André Valentim Almeida

António Borges Correia

Aya Koretzky

Bruno de Almeida

Carlos Braga

Catarina Alves Costa

Catarina Mourão

Catarina Vasconcelos

César Pedro

Cláudia Alves

Cláudia Clemente

Cláudia Varejão

Daniel Veloso

David Bonneville

David Pinheiro Vicente

Diana Andringa

Diogo Baldaia

Diogo Costa Amarante

Dulce Fernandes

Edgar Feldman

Eva Ângelo

Fátima Ribeiro

Fernando Matos Silva

Fernando Vendrell

Filipa César

Filipa Reis

Filipe Araújo

Filipe Nunes Branco

Francisco Carvalho

Frederico Serra

Gabriel Abrantes

Giuliane Maciel

Hiroatsu Suzuki

Ico Costa

Inês de Medeiros

Inês Oliveira

Isabel Aboim Inglez

Ivo M. Ferreira

Jeanne Waltz

Joana Pimenta

João Botelho

João Canijo

João Mário Grilo

João Matos Silva

João Miller Guerra

João Nicolau

João Pedro Rodrigues

João Pinto Nogueira

João Rosas

João Rui Guerra da Mata

João Salaviza

João Trabulo

João Viana

Joaquim Pavão

Joaquim Pinto

Jorge António

Jorge Cramez

Jorge Silva Melo

José Filipe Costa

José Magro

José Maria Vaz da Silva

José Nascimento

José Vieira

Júlio Alves

Laura Carreira

Leonor Areal

Leonor Noivo

Leonor Teles

Luciana Fina

Luís Alves de Matos

Luísa Homem

Madalena Miranda

Manuel Mozos

Marco Leão

Marco Martins

Margarida Cardoso

Margarida Gil

Margarida Leitão

Margarida Rêgo

Mariana Gaivão

Marina Estela Graça

Maureen Fazendeiro

Miguel Clara Vasconcelos

Miguel de Jesus

Miguel Gomes

Miguel Moraes Cabral

Mónica Lima

Monique Rutler

Nathalie Mansoux

Nuno Amorim

Paolo Marinou-Blanco

Paulo Abreu

Paulo Carneiro

Paulo Filipe Monteiro

Paulo Guilherme

Pedro Augusto Almeida

Pedro Cabeleira

Pedro Caldas

Pedro Chaves

Pedro Filipe Marques

Pedro Peralta

Pedro Pinho

Pedro Sena Nunes

Pierre-Marie Goulet

Raquel Freire

Regina Guimarães

Renata Sancho

Ricardo Costa

Rita Azevedo Gomes

Rita Barbosa

Rosa Coutinho Cabral

Rossana Torres

Saguenail

Salomé Lamas

Sandro Aguilar

Sergio Da Costa

Sérgio Tréfaut

Sofia Bost

Solveig Nordlund

Susana Nobre

Susana Sousa Dias

Takashi Sugimoto

Telmo Churro

Teresa Garcia Fernandes

Teresa Prata

Teresa Villaverde

Tiago Guedes

Tiago Hespanha

Vasco Alexandre

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