Luís Costa

Directing

Luís Costa

Birthplace
Porto, Portugal
Credits
23 titles

Biography

Luís Costa (1993) was born in Porto, Portugal. As a young director, he worked on several projects in the audiovisual area, and his two academic short films were recognised in several national and international festivals. He has also develops parallel projects on photography and music videos, among others. In 2017, 'The Everlasting Man' premiered and was recognised with the Sophia award for best documentary short film by the Portuguese Film Academy. 'Our Kingdom',a short film based on the novel by Valter Hugo Mãe, is currently in distribuition and won several awards. Recently, he co-founded Olhar de Ulisses, a film production company in Porto, in which he is developing several projects in different positions, from production to script writing. 'Light Was A Break', based on the book by Rui Nunes, is his latest film.

Currently, he is post-producing his two next short films, making a documentary series on photography and writing his first feature film.

He co-founded and works as a director at Pinehouse Concerts.

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 23

YearTitleJob
TBA Não Falarei Film Producer, Assistant Director
2026 Wild is the Wind Film Producer
2026 Fio Vermelho Film Director, Editor
2026 Eclipse TV Director, Producer, Editor, Music, Creator (4 ep)
2026 The Dark Knot at the Center Film Producer
2025 Sorelle Senza Nome Film Producer
2025 Ku Handza Film Producer
2025 Ofélia Film Assistant Director, Producer
2024 God-and-a-Half Film Editor, Assistant Director, Line Producer
2024 Light Was a Break Film Producer, Screenplay, Director
2024 That's How I Love You Film Producer
2024 Cul-de-sac Film Producer
2023 Espinho Film Editor
2023 Maria Film Editor
2022 Saturn Film Director, Writer, Producer
2022 At Sixteen Film Assistant Director, Producer, Screenplay
2021 Lethes Film Director of Photography
2020 Our Kingdom Film Director, Writer, Dialogue
2020 Ursula Film Director of Photography, Color Grading
2018 Slope Film Colorist, Editor
2017 The Everlasting Man Film Director, Editor
2014 Pena Fria Film Screenplay, Director
2013 Fontelonga Film Director, Director of Photography
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