Director

João Gonzalez

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 1955344

IMDb ID: nm11993514

Known for: Directing

Born: February 11, 1996

Age: 30

Place of birth: Porto, Portugal

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2017 - 2023

Years active: 7

Average TMDB rating: 7.8

Wikidata: Q115204657

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Director (3)Animation (2)

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Biography

João Gonzalez (Porto, 1996) is a Portuguese director, animator, illustrator and musician with classical training in piano. In 2022 he premiered his first funded film “Ice Merchants” in Cannes Film Festival, winning Best Short Film in Competition from the Semaine de La Critique Jury, which would later become the first Portuguese film to be nominated for an Oscar®, and the most awarded Portuguese film in history, with more than 150 international awards. João has a great interest in combining his musical background with his artistic practice in animated cinema, always playing the role of composer and occasional instrumentalist in all the films he makes.