JULIO PEREIRA

Director of several award-winning Short films, Documentaries, Music Videos, TV and Advertising.

Born in Portugal, he lived 12 years in London where he studied Film and Media at Birkbeck - University of London and was Audiovisual and Cinema Technician at ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts of London for 8 years.

During his career in London he made a documentary with the philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek and one with the designer Roger K. Burton, among more videos and short films.

Back in Lisbon in 2011, he continued his career at Fox Internacional Channels as Writer / Producer in the Creative Department for 5 years.

In 2016 he dedicated himself exclusively to writing and making films, including 4 short films that went through the International Festivals circuit, two of which were awarded prizes and one of which entered the Short Corner of Cannes in 2018.

He produced 4 short documentaries for Channels News Asia with José Avillez, Henrique Sá Pessoa and two Portuguese Artisans, and also made music videos for Linda Martini, João Só, Vitorino, Flak Radio Macau and ElectricMan and more. He recently directed a 60 minutes Documentary about the Portuguese Dictatorship and He has been directing and producing the Channel 4 TV program "A New Life in the Sun" and "Help! We Bought a Village".

In 2022 He moved to Barcelona and have won the best Microcorto at the L'Alternative Film Festival at the CCCB.

His passion and dedication for cinema is remarkable and he is currently writing a feature film that he will make soon.


IMDB - Julio Pereira
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