Pedro Costa

Directing·Dec 30, 1958·Lisbon, Portugal

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Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) where he was a student of António Reis, Paulo Rocha and Alberto Seixas Santos. After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo, Vítor Gonçalves and João Botelho, he made a first feature film O Sangue (The Blood) in 1989. He collected the France Culture Award (Foreign Cineaste of the Year) at 2002 Cannes Film Festival for directing the film In Vanda's Room. Colossal Youth was selected for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and earned the Independent/Experimental prize (Los Angeles Film Critics Association) in 2008. He is considered to be part of "The School of Reis" film family. António Reis, Portuguese director, was his teacher at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called Pedro Costa "the Samuel Beckett of cinema". He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations. Many of his films are set in a district of Lisbon inhabited by socially disadvantaged and shot in a natural and low-key way in documentary format: some are docufictions.

Film	Credit
Fire of Wind2026 · Producer	Producer
Repetition in re-creation2026 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Daughters of Fire2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Uncertain Path2021 · Actor	Actor
Vitalina Varela2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sacavém: The Films of Pedro Costa2019 · Himself	Himself
Wiara2018 · Self	Self
Horse Money2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Historic Centre2012 · Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay	Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay
Sweet Exorcist2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Alto Cutelo2012 · Director	Director
Our Man2010 · Director	Director
Change Nothing2009 · Director	Director
The 13 Roses2007 · Producer	Producer
Memories2007 · Director	Director
The State of the World2007 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Rabbit Hunters2007 · Director	Director
Tarrafal2007 · Director	Director
Colossal Youth2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
All Blossoms Again: Pedro Costa, Director2006 · Actor	Actor
Minino macho, Minino fêmea2006 · Director	Director
Change Nothing2005 · Director	Director
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?2003 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The End of a Love Affair2003 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
6 Bagatelas2001 · Director	Director
CCinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes2001 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
In Vanda's Room2001 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
DDialogues clandestins 20012001 · Actor	Actor
99'8m/s²1998 · Policía 1.	Policía 1.
Ossos1997 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Casa de Lava1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Blood1989 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
É Tudo Invenção Nossa1984 · Director	Director
FFinding the CriminalActor	Actor