Edgar Pêra
Edgar Pera Henrique Clemente ( born November 19, 1960 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese film director.
Career
Edgar Pera abandoned his degree in psychology in 1981 to study at the film school of the National Conservatory. After graduating in 1984 he wrote for cinema, television and radio, but also for newspapers and advertising agencies. With José Nascimento, he wrote the screenplays for Repórter X (1986) and Mar à Vista (English: " sea view ", 1988), and provided the idea for Manuel Mozos ' TV movie To Passo, Outro Passo e Depois ... (1989 ). According to various video clips and radio formats, and his short film debut at Fantasporto Film Festival in 1990, he turned in 1991 his first feature film.
His following films attracted the attention of film audiences for its highly individual narrative form. So play around in the confusing, from silent films such as video clip and documentary also influenced crime parody A Janela ( Maryalva Mix) (English: " The window ( Maryalva Mix) ", 2001), an actress equal to 6 different women, a relationship have to be the Casanova of Bica district, which is in turn played by 6 different actors (including by actor, musician and presidential candidate Manuel João Vieira )
His unorthodox methods of production and the abundance of different works and formats make it difficult since the leadership of a complete filmography and a consistently accurate assignment of work. Pera turns many projects simultaneously and processed material partially already published new video clips on feature films to documentaries. He produces exclusive short films for festivals, turns Fado Western, and winning awards for his documentaries internationally frequently shown, for example when IndieLisboa for the film about Carlos Paredes.
Reception
Pera is considered to be more experimental and innovative director who is able to give new impulses to the Portuguese cinema, and internationally. He is influenced by pop culture and comics, which he himself writes and draws. Thus the popularity of his films explained especially in younger filmmakers and friends of cult films, but also the interest of Film Studies at its richly varied and creative cinematic language. The numerous retrospectives witness an internationally increased attention for Pêra Movies