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João Canijo (born 10 December, 1957; Porto) is a Portuguese filmmaker. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2023 film Bad Living won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Before his directorial debut, Canijo worked as assistant director for Wim Wenders in The State of Things (1982) and for Werner Schroeter in Der Rosenkönig (1986).
The roles that explain the career.
25 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hotel do Rio | Director | TV |
| 2024 | Hotel do Rio | Writer | TV |
| 2023 | Bad Living | Director | Film |
| 2023 | Living Bad | Director | Film |
| 2023 | Bad Living | Writer | Film |
| 2017 | Fátima | Director | Film |
| 2013 | That's Love | Director | Film |
| 2013 | That's Love | Writer | Film |
| 2011 | Blood of My Blood | Director | Film |
| 2011 | The Actor's Work | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Blood of My Blood | Writer | Film |
| 2010 | Lusitanian Illusion | Director | Film |
| 2010 | Lusitanian Illusion | Writer | Film |
| 2004 | In the Darkness of the Night | Director | Film |
| 2001 | Get a Life | Director | Film |
| 2001 | Get a Life | Writer | Film |
| 2000 | Tarde Demais | Writer | Film |
| 1998 | Black Shoes | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Black Shoes | Writer | Film |
| 1995 | The Convent | Production Manager | Film |
| 1994 | Lisbon Story | Crook | Film |
| 1994 | Lisbon Story | Line Producer | Film |
| 1994 | Blind Man's Bluff | Production Manager | Film |
| 1990 | Lovely Child | Director | Film |
| 1990 | Lovely Child | Writer | Film |
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