Rodrigo Areias

Producer and Director He started his studies in Management at Universidade Católica Portuguesa With a degree in Sound and Image by the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University he also has a specialization course in Film Direction from the Tisch School of Arts at the University of New York and the Eurodoc production program He worked as a trainer in the workshops promoted by the association Filhos de Lumière Throughout his career he has developed creative works in the field of cinema authoring fiction and documentary alternating with other works in the fields of video art and video clips for some of the best names in the Portuguese rock scene The Legendary Tiger Man Wray Gunn Mão Morta Sean Riley D3o etc and several other projects As a producer he started his career in 2001 and has since produced and coproduced more than 70 shorts features videos and documentaries He produced renowned authors such as Edgar Pêra João Canijo and F J Ossang as well as young filmmakers such as André Gil Mata João Rodrigues and Jorge Quintela He has coproduced with Brazil the United Kingdom France Germany and Finland As a director among several films Tebas long metregem and Corrente short film stands out with whom he was represented in more than fifty international festivals and was awarded with a dozen prizes His second feature film premiered in Official Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Festival and was awarded a Special Mention He was responsible for the cinema production of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture including films by directors such as JeanLuc Godard Aki Kaurismaki Peter Greenaway Manoel de Oliveira Pedro Costa and Victor Erice