
Known for
Directing
Born
December 30, 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) where he was a student of António Reis, Paulo Rocha and Alberto Seixas Santos. After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo, Vítor Gonçalves and João Botelho, he made a first feature film O Sangue (The Blood) in 1989. He collected the France Culture Award (Foreign Cineaste of the Year) at 2002 Cannes Film Festival for directing the film In Vanda's Room. Colossal Youth was selected for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and earned the Independent/Experimental prize (Lo...
TBA
TBA
2026
Producer
2026
Director of Photography
2025
Art Direction
2023
Director, Screenplay
2021
2021
Sound Designer
2019
Director, Screenplay
2019
as Himself
2018
as Self
2016
2014
Director, Writer
2012
Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay
2012
Writer, Director
2012
Director
2010
Story, Director
2009
Director, Cinematography
2007
Producer, Story
2007
Director, Story
2007
Director, Director of Photography
2007
Director
2007
Director
2006
Director, Cinematography, Writer
2006