Fernando Vendrell

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Fernando Vendrell
Fernando Vendrell in 2018.
Born	Fernando Vieira Lisboa Vendrell Henriques (1962-10-28) October 28, 1962 (age 58) Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation	Film director, Film producer
Years active	1992 – present

Fernando Vendrell (Lisbon, 1962) is a Portuguese film director and producer.

Biography[]

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Born and raised in Lisbon, where he graduated from high school in 1980 (Science). In 1981, while studying photography he worked as Film still photographer in Manoel de Oliveira documentary .

From 1982-1985, he studied film at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School where he had the chance to work with filmmakers as António Reis, Alberto Seixas Santos and Paulo Rocha.

During the course he worked as trainee Assistant director in José Nascimento period feature film (1984) and in Manoel de Oliveira epic feature The Satin Slipper (Le Soulier de Satin) (1984). He graduated in Film editing in 1985.

Vendrell worked then as Script supervisor in João César Monteiro and in Treasure Island with Raoul Ruiz (1985). He was Assistant director in first film shot in Ponte de Lima (1986), and also collaborated with João Canijo in his first feature film (1986). He fulfilled his obligatory military service in the Military Film Archives, Lisbon (1986/1987). He returned to Film production to work again with Manoel de Oliveira in Os Canibais (1987).

Until 1992 he worked as Assistant director. In 1992 he concluded Arts management studies at the , Oeiras. He then started working as Production manager and Line producer in national and foreign film productions.

He worked in with the producer António da Cunha Telles where he produced Fernando Trueba's Belle Époque, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Picture in 1994. He concluded the production of by Fernando Lopes and O Judeu by Jom Tob Azulay.

In 1992 he founded with the independent production company , where he works as Producer and Director.

His first film was Fintar o Destino shot in Cape Verde western Africa, and in Portugal, the film was selected to Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale, Panorama in 1998.

He produced director Zézé Gamboa's Sundance Film Festival World Dramatic Competition Award winner The Hero (2005).

Director filmography[]

Feature films[]

• Fintar o Destino (1998)
• Light Drops (Portuguese: O Gotejar da Luz (2002)
• Skin (Portuguese: Pele) (2005)
• Aparição (2018)

TV series[]

• 7 Peças Curtas (1998) - Episode "O Aniversário no Banco"
• Bocage (2006)
• O Dia do Regicídio (2008) 6 Episodes
• 3 Mulheres (2018) 13 Episodes

Producer filmography[]

Feature films[]

• Fintar o Destino (1998)
• The Hero (Portuguese: O Herói) (2005)
• Skin (Portuguese: Pele) (2006)
• O Grande Kilapy (2012)

Short films[]

• A Rua (2008)
• Cigano (2013)

References[]

External links[]

• Fernando Vendrell at IMDb
• Leitão Ramos, Jorge. Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989-2003. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005
• https://aprealizadores.com/realizadores/fernando-vendrell/
• http://www.david-golias.com

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