Director

André Gil Mata

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1283779

IMDb ID: nm4369492

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: São João da Madeira, Portugal

Gender: Male

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Career span: 2009 - 2026

Years active: 18

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Biography

André Gil Mata was born in 1978. Having studied mathematics, he has worked mostly in photography, theatre and film and is one of the founders of the Portuguese photography and cinema laboratory Átomo 47. In 2009, his debut short-film WATER ARK won several awards having been shown in several international festivals, as well as his second short-film HOUSE. GRAVEDIGGER, his third short-film, won the Mèlies d'Argent and CAPTIVITY, his first feature-length documentary won the DocAlliance Award at Cannes, in 2013. Gil Mata obtained his master degree in film direction in 2012, at Lisbon Theatre and Film School and finished his PhD at Film. Factory (Sarajevo) in 2016.

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