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About Luis

Screenwriter, Director and Producer from A SUBLIME LIFE the most awarded Portuguese feature film ever, and FATAL SIN, the Portuguese film with more views on YouTube. Author of the screenplays from A BOMBA, the 2º most seen Portuguese movie in 2002, and ICE (staring Ivana Baquero the main actress from Pan's Labyrinth).

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Awards

  • BEST DIRECTOR at TWIN TIERS International Film Festival (USA)
    (2018)

  • BEST DIRECTOR at PRÉMIOS LATINO (Spain)
    (2018)

  • BEST DIRECTOR - 46º FESTIVAL INT. DE CINE Y BD DE VILAGARCIA DE AROSA (SPAIN)
    (2018)

  • BEST DIRECTOR at DIAMOND FILM AWARDS (Italy)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at FESTIVAL INT. DE CINE DE CALZADA DE CALATRAVA (Spain)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival (Albania)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at PRÉMIOS LATINO (Spain)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at PARMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at GUAYAQUIL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Ecuador)
    (2018)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY at LIFFT INDÍA AWARDS & FILMOTSAV (India)
    (2018)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM (A SUBLIME LIFE) at ARIANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Italia)
    (2018)

  • BEST FILM (A SUBLIME LIGE) at FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE CALZADA DE CALATRAVA (Spain)
    (2018)

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (A SUBLIME LIFE) at SÃO TOMÉ FEST FILM
    (2018)

  • BEST INT. FILM (A SUBLIME LIFE) at TWIN TIERS International Film Festival (USA)
    (2018)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM from MEDIA JURY (A SUBLIME LIFE) at DEA OPEN AIR (Albania)
    (2018)

  • BEST OF WORLD CINEMA: FEATURE (A SUBLIME LIFE) at INDY FILM FEST (USA)
    (2018)

  • BEST FEATURE DRAMA (A SUBLIME LIFE) at WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (Australia)
    (2018)

  • BEST FEATURE DRAMA - Audience award (A SUBLIME LIFE) at WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (Australia)
    (2018)

  • 1st PLACE FUTURE: DRAMA FOREIGN (A SUBLIME LIFE) at THE INDIE GATHERING (USA)
    (2018)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM “Avanca Competition” (A SUBLIME LIFE) at AVANCA FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Portugal)
    (2018)

  • AWARD PORTUGAL DE CINE (A SUBLIME LIFE) at FESTIVAL DE CINE Y TELEVISIÓN REINO DE LEÓN (Spain)
    (2018)

  • BEST FOREIGN FEATURE Jury’s Choice (PECADO FATAL) Arraial Cine Fest, Brazil
    (2015)

  • BEST FOREIGN FEATURE Audience’s Choice (PECADO FATAL) Arraial Cine Fest, Brazil
    (2015)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM Audience choice (PECADO FATAL) Foz Côa International Film Festival, Portugal
    (2015)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM (PECADO FATAL) Opuzen Film Festival, Croatia
    (2014)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM (PECADO FATAL) Cape Vert International Film Festival , Cabo Verde
    (2014)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM (PECADO FATAL) S. Tomé e Príncipe International Film Festival
    (2014)

  • EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR FOREIGN FILM (PECADO FATAL) Canada International Film Festival
    (2014)

  • AWARD FROM THE BULGARIAN DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATION (PECADO FATAL) Love is Folly Film Festival, Bulgaria
    (2014)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM – AVANCA COMPETITION (PECADO FATAL) Avanca Film Festival, Portugal
    (2014)

Work Experience

Credits

  • Uma Vida Sublime

    Uma Vida Sublime (2018)
    Film (Thriller) Original screenplay and Director The most awarded Portuguese movie ever. Opened in theaters in Russia, Bielorussia and Portugal.

  • Gelo

    Gelo (2016)
    Film (Fantasy) Original screenplay and co-screenwriter Opened in Portuguese theaters in 2016.

  • Rasgar o Passado

    Rasgar o Passado (2016)
    Film Co-director and co-screenwriter 5 shorts from 4 directors. Opened in Portuguese theater in 2016.

  • Pecado Fatal

    Pecado Fatal (2013)
    Film (Drama) Original screenplay and Director The most seen Portuguese movie ever on YouTube. Opened in theater in Portugal in 2014

  • Noite Fria em Castelo Branco

    Noite Fria em Castelo Branco (2011)
    Film (short) (Drama) Original screenplay and Director

  • Noite Gélida em Castelo Branco

    Noite Gélida em Castelo Branco (2011)
    Film (short) (Drama) Original screenplay and Director

  • Desta água...

    Desta água... (2010)
    Film (short) (Drama) Original screenplay and Director

  • 1111

    1111 (2009)
    Film (short) (Drama) Original screenplay

  • A Bomba

    A Bomba (2002)
    Film (Comedy) Original screenplay and co-screenwriter

Loglines

  • IDOLMAKERS

    IDOLMAKERS Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller Drama If Sofia wants to become the first woman to enter the “Order of Idolmakers”, she must plan the death of a celebrity and turn him into an idol. But, when Sofia falls in love with her target's brother, things get even more complicated.

  • FULL-TIME PROTECTION

    FULL-TIME PROTECTION Budget: $10M - $30M | Action To protect his only friend, a solitary man must become the secret bodyguard of his own bodyguard.

  • THE EXPEDITION

    THE EXPEDITION Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama At the age of 5, a kid was removed from his Amazonian tribe. Fifteen years later, he tries to discover his tribe. But the danger that threatens the Amazonian tribes will also threaten him and his group.

  • INNAMORAMENTUM

    INNAMORAMENTUM Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance A poor boy from India falls in love with an Eskimo girl at a Music Festival in the USA. They decide to live together there. But the differences that at first join them, soon cause them to drift apart.

  • DEEP INSOMNIA

    DEEP INSOMNIA Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller Horror The guilt of a crime committed under extreme pressure doesn't let Steven sleep. When he dreams, he is at the crime scene, but he is the victim! He knows that if he dies in the dream, he will die in reality.

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