João Pedro Plácido
Camera
João Pedro Plácido was born in Lisbon, 1979. He began directing and shooting music videos at age of nineteen, later on he attended the School of Theatre and Film (Lisbon) and the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (Potsdam - Babelsberg, Germany). He is fluent in five languages and has been working in features, shorts, documentaries and commercials all around the world since 2000, first as a camera assistant, and since 2009 as a cinematographer. His work has received national and international awards. (BE)LONGING is his first feature film.
Known for
(Be)Longing
July 9, 2015
Forget Everything I Told You
December 27, 2002
The Fortunate Ones
February 14, 2024
Carmen Troubles
May 4, 2023
Maya and the Wave
September 13, 2024
Unskinned
October 20, 2019
Lupo
September 25, 2019
Entrecampos
October 17, 2013
Amílcar
November 16, 2025
Paul
April 27, 2016
Deportado
October 1, 2012
Access Road
January 1, 2008
Behind the camera16
- 2025Amílcar Director of Photography
- 2025Match Director of Photography
- 2024Maya and the Wave Cinematography
- 2024The Fortunate Ones Cinematography
- 2023Carmen Troubles Director of Photography
- 2019Unskinned Director of Photography
- 2019Lupo Cinematography
- 2018Sousa Martins Director of Photography
- 2016Paul Cinematography
- 2015(Be)Longing