Marco Martins

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.

For the Brazilian fencer, see Marco Martins (fencer).
Marco Martins
A promotional photograph of Marco Martins
Born1972 (age 47–48)
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupationfilm director
Years active1994–present

Biography

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 Short Films Festival of Vila do Conde, and the latter taking Best Short Film and Best Director Awards at the VII Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz as well as the Eixo Atlântico Award at the Festival de Ourense.

He began shooting advertisements in the late 1990s and in 2002 started his own production company, Ministério dos Filmes, which has received multiple international awards.

In 2005, his first feature film, Alice, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and received a number of international awards and made the long list for the Academy Awards Foreign Language Film prize.

His 2006 short film was a contender at the "Corto Cortissimo" competition on the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, an international competition of 35mm short films.

In 2009, he produced his second film, How to Draw a Perfect Circle. In 2013 Marco Martins colaboration with italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto for his exibition at Louvre Museum "twenty-One-Twelve- The Day The World Didn't End" was presented at Rome Film Festival. In 2016 directed São Jorge presented at Venice Film Festival ( Golden Lion Best actor).

Filmography
  • São Jorge (2016) – Venice Film Festival
  • Twenty-One-Twelve/The Day The World Didn't End (Co-Directed w/Michelangelo Pistoletto) (2013) – Rome Film Festival, Louvre Museum
  • Insert (2010) – Rotterdam Film Festival
  • How to Draw a Perfect Circle (2009)
  • Um Ano Mais Longo (2006) – Venice Film Festival
  • Alice (2005) – Cannes Film Festival
  • No Caminho para a Escola (1998)
  • Mergulho no Ano Novo (1992)

References
  • Por Outro Lado, interview with Ana Sousa Dias, Marco Martins and Nuno Lopes for RTP.
  • Alice DVD Special Edition, Lusomundo, Portugal

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