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person_profile-João Canijo

João Canijo Age: 67

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

João Canijo

Date of Birth:

Dec 10, 1957

Country of birth:

Portugal

Biography of

João Canijo

    João Canijo (born 10 December, 1957; Porto) is a Portuguese filmmaker. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2023 film Bad Living won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.

    Before his directorial debut, Canijo worked as assistant director for Wim Wenders in The State of Things (1982) and for Werner Schroeter in Der Rosenkönig (1986).

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Filmography of

João Canijo

Found 21 Movies in total

Bad Living

Screenplay

... 2023

Living Bad

Screenplay

... 2023

Fojos

Director

... 2020

... 2017

Fátima

Screenplay

... 2017

... 2015

... 2013

... 2011

... 2011

... 2010

... 2007

... 2004

... 2001

... 1998

... 1990

... 1988

The Mountains of the Moon

Assistant Director

... 1987

The Rose King

Assistant Director

... 1986

In the White City

Second Assistant Director

... 1983

The State of Things

Assistant Director

... 1982

Francisca

Assistant Director

... 1981