Fernando Vendrell (

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, 1962) is a Portuguese film director and producer.

Biography

Born and raised in

, where he graduated from high school in 1980 (Science). In 1981, while studying photography he worked as

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documentary Lisboa Cultural. From 1982 to 1985, he studied film editing at the Portuguese National Conservatory Conservatório Nacional, nowadays the

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There he had the chance to learn with filmmakers as

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and Paulo Rocha. During the course he worked as trainee

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in José Nascimento period feature film '' Repórter X'' (1984) and in

epic feature ''

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'' (''Le Soulier de Satin'') (1984). He graduated in

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in 1985. Vendrell worked then as

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'' À Flor do Mar'' and in ''

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'' with

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(1985). He was

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first film '' Relação Fiel e Verdadeira'' shot in

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(1986), and also collaborated with

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in his first feature film '' Três Menos Eu'' (1986). He fulfilled his obligatory military service in the Military Film Archives, Lisbon (1986–1987). He returned to

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to work again with

in ''

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'' (1987). Until 1992 he worked as

with Portuguese and foreign Directors. In 1992 he concluded

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studies at the Instituto Nacional de Administração, Oeiras. He then started working as

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and

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in national and foreign film productions. He worked in Animatógrafo with the producer António da Cunha Telles where he produced

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's ''

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'', which won the

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for Best Foreign Picture in 1994. He concluded the production of '' O Fio do Horizonte'' by Fernando Lopes and '' O Judeu'' by

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. In 1992 he founded with Luís Alvarães the independent production company David & Golias, where he works as Producer and

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. His first film was '' Fintar o Destino'' shot in

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western Africa, and in

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, the film was selected to

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, Panorama in 1998. He produced director Zézé Gamboa's

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World Dramatic Competition Award winner ''

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'' (2005).

Director filmography

Feature films

*'' Fintar o Destino'' (1998) *''

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( pt, O Gotejar da Luz (2002) *''Skin'' ( pt, Pele) (2005) *''Aparição'' (2018) *''Sombras Brancas'' (2023)

TV series

*''7 Peças Curtas'' (1998) - Episode "O Aniversário no Banco" *''

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'' (2006) *''O Dia do Regicídio'' (2008) 6 Episodes *''3 Mulheres'' (2018) 13 Episodes *''3 Mulheres Post Revolution'' (2022) 10 Episodes

Producer filmography

Feature films

*'' Fintar o Destino'' (1998) *''

( pt, O Herói)'' (2005) *''Skin ( pt, Pele)'' (2006) *'' O Grande Kilapy'' (2012)

Short films

*''

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'' (2008) *'' Cigano'' (2013)

References

External links

* * Leitão Ramos, Jorge. ''Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989-2003''. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005 * https://aprealizadores.com/realizadores/fernando-vendrell/ * http://www.david-golias.com 1962 births Mass media people from Lisbon Living people Portuguese film directors Portuguese people of Brazilian descent Portuguese people of Spanish descent {{Brazil-film-bio-stub