Marco Martins
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
Biography
Marco Martins (born 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese film director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors' Fortnight.
In 1994 Marco Martins graduated from Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), and soon afterwards undertook an apprenticeship with Wim Wenders, Manoel de Oliveira and Bertrand Tavernier. For two years following, he worked as assistant director to João Canijo, a fellow Portuguese director.
During this period, his short films "Mergulho no Ano Novo" and 'No Caminho Para a Escola received critical acclaim, the former winning Best Short Film Award at the International Sho...
Best known work
Lisbon Story
1994
Alice
2005
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
2009
Saint George
2017
Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures
2022
Sara
2018
Nenhum Nome
2011
Traces of a Diary
2011
Twenty-One-Twelve The Day the World Didn't End
2013
Um Corpo que Dança - Ballet Gulbenkian 1965-2005
2022Filmography
TBA
A ColóniaDirector
2023
Olivia Foi Pra LuaEditor
2022
Great Yarmouth: Provisional FiguresDirector, Screenplay, Editor
2022
Um Corpo que Dança - Ballet Gulbenkian 1965-2005Writer, Director
2020
Pink MenDirector of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor
2020
Nero ArtistaDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor
2019
Aquela MisturaCamera Operator, Camera Department Production Assistant, Associate Producer
2018
2018
Severo SeverinoDirector
2017
Saint GeorgeDirector, Screenplay
2015
Túlio Piva - Pandeiro de PrataDirector
2013
Twenty-One-Twelve The Day the World Didn't EndDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
2011
Nenhum NomeScript
2011
Traces of a Diaryas Self, Director of Photography, Director
2010
InsertDirector, Director of Photography, Producer
2009
How to Draw a Perfect CircleDirector, Writer
2008
Ângelo, O CoveiroEditor
2005
AliceDirector, Writer
1994
Lisbon StoryProduction Assistant
1993
Mergulho no Ano NovoDirector